The
Screwtape Letters and Politics
“We,
in Hell, would welcome the disappearance of democracy in the strict sense of
that word, the political arrangement so called. Like all forms of government,
it often works to our advantage, but on the whole less often than other forms.
And what we must realize is that “democracy” in the diabolical sense (I’m as
good as you, Being Like Folks, Togetherness) is the fittest instrument we
could possibly have for extirpating political democracies from the face of the
earth.”
In this passage, Uncle Screwtape
discusses what the result of democracy is on a democracy. He is clear that
democracies are good things in and of themselves. They are moral things which
allow a person choice in deciding who represents them, but there is often a
problem with that. I am relating this quote to our modern political climate.
This election, we were given the option for president of choosing either a demagogue
or a traitor. This is the end result of democracy Uncle Screwtape was referring
to. While a person may pretend to want a free democracy, they still desire
something else. Therefore, that democracy is used to destroy itself.
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