How did "beats" characterize postwar American culture?

A) They compared it to the Gilded Age and the age of the robber barons.
B) They thought that corporate culture smacked of communism.
C) They criticized the obsession with materialism and anti-communism.
D) They lamented the erosion of family values.

Materialism

A philosophical view prioritizing material possessions and physical comfort over spiritual or intellectual values.

Beats

A cultural movement involving influential American poets and writers in the 1950s who explored and influenced American culture and politics.

Anti-Communism

A political ideology and movement opposing communism, often characterized by resistance to policies and regimes perceived as communist.