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Complete the following sentence. Professor Hammer argues that Ezra Pound's interest in fascism and his anti-Semitic views were likely an outcome of his______________?

Correct answer: C. anti-capitalism.

  • A. endorsement of Marxism.
  • B. interest in ancient Rome.
  • C. anti-capitalism.
  • D. interest in Fourier's utopian socialist thought.

Explanation

Pound’s anti-capitalist convictions helped lead him toward fascist economic ideas and an increasingly conspiratorial political outlook, including anti-Semitism. His interest in Rome or Fourier does not by itself explain that political trajectory.

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