These are based on this list of logical fallacies.
1. Faulty cause: The USSR fell apart in 1991 because socialism is against human nature.
2. Sweeping generalization: Tito's Yugoslavia was a disaster, therefore socialism is a disaster.
3. Hasty generalization: Stalin was a tyrant, thus socialism inevitably leads to tyranny.
4. Faulty analogy: If you need proof that socialism is against human nature, watch kids fighting over a toy.
5. Appeal to ignorance: Socialism can never work because there isn't a single socialist country that is as powerful as the United States.
6. Bifurcation: Socialism is the opposite of freedom.
7. False dilemma: You either have freedom under capitalism, or tyranny under socialism.
8. Faulty sign: Pol Pot claimed to be a Communist. All communists are scum bags like Pol Pot.
9. Damning the source: Communist arguments are invalid because they hate freedom.
10. Tu Quoque: Sure the United States puts a lot of people in prison, but the USSR had gulags.
11. Equivocation: No one who understands anything about history can advocate socialism, because all prosperity came from capitalism.
12. Begging the question: Why do you, as a Communist, support brutal dictators?
13. Tautology: You are just a brainwashed commie, so all you do is spout communist ideology.
14. Appeal to authority: Ayn Rand said that capitalism is the only economic system that encourages freedom, so communism is wrong.
15. Appeal to tradition: Capitalism isn't perfect, but it's the best system we've got.
16. Appeal to crowd: Castro's government in Cuba is awful. Just ask anyone who came from there.
17. Straw man: Communism is great if you like being paid equally to lazy people.
18. Slippery slope: If everyone is equal then we'll have to start giving equal rights to dogs and houseplants.
19. Appealing to extremes: If you want to everybody to be given an equal share of resources then why not give everyone nuclear weapons?
20. Hypothesis contrary to fact: If the Russian revolution hadn't happened the world wouldn't have become as awful as it is now.
21. Non sequitur: Communism is the reason lines at the DMV are so long.
22. Red herring: Why does everyone argue about these communist leaders that died decades or centuries ago anyway? We have our own problems to deal with here and now?
23. Inconsistency: Sure, some socialist countries have advanced literacy, public health and alleviated poverty, but they aren't as prosperous as capitalist countries.
1. Faulty cause: The USSR fell apart in 1991 because socialism is against human nature.
2. Sweeping generalization: Tito's Yugoslavia was a disaster, therefore socialism is a disaster.
3. Hasty generalization: Stalin was a tyrant, thus socialism inevitably leads to tyranny.
4. Faulty analogy: If you need proof that socialism is against human nature, watch kids fighting over a toy.
5. Appeal to ignorance: Socialism can never work because there isn't a single socialist country that is as powerful as the United States.
6. Bifurcation: Socialism is the opposite of freedom.
7. False dilemma: You either have freedom under capitalism, or tyranny under socialism.
8. Faulty sign: Pol Pot claimed to be a Communist. All communists are scum bags like Pol Pot.
9. Damning the source: Communist arguments are invalid because they hate freedom.
10. Tu Quoque: Sure the United States puts a lot of people in prison, but the USSR had gulags.
11. Equivocation: No one who understands anything about history can advocate socialism, because all prosperity came from capitalism.
12. Begging the question: Why do you, as a Communist, support brutal dictators?
13. Tautology: You are just a brainwashed commie, so all you do is spout communist ideology.
14. Appeal to authority: Ayn Rand said that capitalism is the only economic system that encourages freedom, so communism is wrong.
15. Appeal to tradition: Capitalism isn't perfect, but it's the best system we've got.
16. Appeal to crowd: Castro's government in Cuba is awful. Just ask anyone who came from there.
17. Straw man: Communism is great if you like being paid equally to lazy people.
18. Slippery slope: If everyone is equal then we'll have to start giving equal rights to dogs and houseplants.
19. Appealing to extremes: If you want to everybody to be given an equal share of resources then why not give everyone nuclear weapons?
20. Hypothesis contrary to fact: If the Russian revolution hadn't happened the world wouldn't have become as awful as it is now.
21. Non sequitur: Communism is the reason lines at the DMV are so long.
22. Red herring: Why does everyone argue about these communist leaders that died decades or centuries ago anyway? We have our own problems to deal with here and now?
23. Inconsistency: Sure, some socialist countries have advanced literacy, public health and alleviated poverty, but they aren't as prosperous as capitalist countries.