Argumentum ad crumenam

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An argumentum ad crumenam argument, also known as an argument to the purse is a logical fallacy of concluding that a statement is correct because the speaker is rich.

This fallacy is notably prevalent in art, movie, video game, or music criticism in the form "you can try to criticize product x, but it makes millions, so it must have some merit."

The opposite is the argumentum ad lazarum.

[edit] Usage

If you’re so smart, why aren’t you rich?

I think Mary is a good role model. She’s pretty rich so she must be doing something right.

This new law is a good idea. Most of the people against it are riff-raff who make less than $20,000 a year.

[edit] References

• Georgia State University
• Philosophical Society - logical fallacies

Fallacies of relevance
Accident • Ad nauseam • Base rate fallacy • Chronological snobbery • Compound question • Fallacy of many questions • False compromise • Naturalistic fallacy • Proof by assertion • Irrelevant conclusion • Special pleading • Straw man • Two wrongs make a right
Appeals to emotion
Fear • Flattery • Novelty • Queerness • Pity • Ridicule • Spite • Wishful thinking
Genetic fallacies
Ad hominem (Ad hominem tu quoque) • Appeal to authority • Appeal to motive • Appeal to tradition • Argumentum ad crumenam • Argumentum ad lazarum • Association fallacy • Ipsedixitism • Poisoning the well • Reductio ad Hitlerum