Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: Commentator: In the new century, only nations with all the latest

Understanding the argument - ­
Commentator: In the new century, only nations with all the latest electronic technology will experience great economic prosperity. - "The latest electronic technology" is a minimum condition for "experiencing great economic prosperity."

The people in these nations will be constantly bombarded with images of how people in other countries live. - Premise

This will increase their tendency to question their own customs and traditions, leading to a dissolution of those customs and traditions. - meaning their customs will be dissolved. 

Hence, in the new century, the stability of a nation’s cultural identity will likely ______________ .

Which one of the following most logically completes the commentator’s argument?

(A) depend on a just distribution of electronic technology among all nations - then all other nations' customs will also be dissolved. 

(B) decrease if that nation comes to have a high level of economic wealth - Yes.
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Statistics : Posted by Raman109 • on 12 Jan 2019, 04:07 • Replies 12 • Views 7226

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