Informal Logical Fallacies: A Brief Guide, Jacob Van Vleet, pp. 20, University Press of America, 2010, ISBN 9780761854333, ... The argumentum ad populum fallacy states that because a group holds a particular belief, attitude or value, this must lend support to the correctness of that belief, attitude or value ... Consider forms of racism, sexism, and fascism practiced by many groups. Simply because a group of people hold a certain set of beliefs to be correct, this does not in any way imply the accurateness of these beliefs ...
Participatory Development and the World Bank: Potential Directions for Change, Bhuvan Bhatnagar, pp. 107, Parts 63-183, Issue 183 of Discussion Paper Series, World Bank Publications, 1992, ISBN 9780821322499, ... The populist fallacy holds that the rural majority always knows better than the technical personnel and has sufficient skills to bring about development by itself. The paternalistic fallacy holds that the bureaucracy knows best and by itself can do all that is needed for development ...
