Nobody has ever proved that capitalist economics corrupts people's values, as Karl Marx claimed. Therefore, we must conclude that capitalism does not corrupt people's values.
A) Suppressed evidence.
B) Appeal to ignorance.
C) Appeal to unqualified authority.
D) Hasty generalization.
E) No fallacy.

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The statement is using appeal to ignorance fallacy by assuming that the absence of evidence is evidence of absence. Just because it hasn't been proven that capitalist economics corrupts people's values, doesn't mean it doesn't.

Nobody Has Ever Proved That Capitalist Economics Corrupts People's Values