Economic Fallacy

The unquestioned assumption, in broad terms, that:

1. Human happiness is congruent with money, or
2. The more money you have, the happier you are, or
3. People get sad and despondent when they get less money
   1. That's why they naturally turn violent (black version).
   2. That's why they kill themselves (white version).

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It's a fallacy because so many of the factors which affect violence and suicide are not economic factors. It's a fallacy fully embraced in more internet essays than I can be bothered to look up. The assumption at the heart of the fallacy justifies both criminal violence and criminal neglect.