Consider the prompt. Keep in mind that "the extent to which" means to defend, challenge or qualify this statement.
Which idea would CHALLENGE Mencken's observations?

A) I love to be with my grandparents because I always feel safe in their big yard with a high fence.

B) Orwell's terrifying novel about people stripped of all freedom warns that freedom is most valuable.

C) Europeans whose safety was damaged during WWII were gladly willing accept safety over freedom.