Which fallacy is committed by the following argument? No country that lives under a dictatorship is a happy country, so no one in North Korea is happy.

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The fallacy of division is committed here. This fallacy occurs when one assumes that what is true of a whole must also be true of its parts. In this case, the argument assumes that because no country under a dictatorship is happy (a statement about the whole), then no individual in North Korea (a part of the whole) is happy, which is a flawed conclusion.

Which Fallacy Is Committed by the Following Argument? No Country