Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: Industrialists from the country Distopia were accused of

The author's conclusion is that the industrialists' motive for promoting Distopian intervention in the Arcadian civil war could NOT have been to insure that the industrialists’ facilities in Arcadia made substantial profits during the war. Why not?

• "Distopia’s federal expenses for the intervention were eight billion dollars," and the Distopians foresaw this. In other words, the Distopians predicted that federal expenses for the intervention would be eight billion dollars, so these costs were not a surprise and would have been considered when deciding whether to promote Distopian intervention.

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