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Podcast: A New Voice of Freedom
Episode: Season 3 Podcast 166 Road to Power, Machiavellian Pragmatism, Rule 3 17, Argumentum ad Baculum
Description: Argumentum ad BaculumArgumentum ad baculum, the Latin form, is a logical fallacy better known as appeal to the stick or appeal to fear or appeal to force. Slander and character assassination are forms of argumentum ad baculum. Any form of threat, coercion, pressure, constraint, duress, oppression, menace, abuse, jeopardy, or badgering as a form of persuasion is a form of argumentum ad baculum. It is entirely unrelated to fairness, justice, fair play, honesty, integrity, or truth. As with all other Machiavellian rules, none consider morality, right and wrong, j...