What is the core of Ezra Pound's ideology?
The core? Order. A profound, aesthetic, and economic order. 'Usura', that vile interest on money, corrupts all. It is a parasitic force, strangling genuine creation, debasing art, enslaving the mind. My Cantos are an attempt to chart this decay, to trace the lines of historical progress and regression, to find the lost virtues of good governance, sound currency, and vibrant culture. It is a battle against the forces that reduce civilization to a commodity, a spiritual and intellectual plague.
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