Statement : Today out of the world population of several thousand million, the majority of men have to live under governments which refuse them personal liberty and the right to dissent.
Conclusion :
I. People are indifferent to personal liberty and the right to dissent.
II. People desire personal liberty and the right to dissent.
Answer: B
Correct answer: Only conclusion II follows.
To speak of governments that refuse people liberty and the right to dissent is to treat those as things the people want and are being denied - conclusion II. Conclusion I says the opposite, that people are indifferent to them. Only II follows.
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