The fallacy is an emotional appeal, generally considered an informal fallacy, though experimental evidence bears out the appeal to poverty. Although very rarely encountered, it's possible that a "middle" amount of money might be considered a good thing (perhaps "appeal to middle class"). Inverse forms of these fallacies (people who are poor are wrong, rather than right) are also common. An appeal to poverty ( argumentum ad lazarum) occurs when less money involved means something is truer or better, exploiting the impression that money corrupts.An appeal to wealth ( argumentum ad crumenam) occurs when more money involved means something is truer or better, exploiting the impression that money flows from intelligence or work.An appeal to money is a logical fallacy that occurs when money is associated with truth or quality.
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