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.
For “democracy” or the “democratic spirit” (diabolical sense) leads
to a nation without great men, a nation mainly of subliterates, full of
the cocksureness which flattery breeds on ignorance, and quick to
snarl or whimper at the first sign of criticism. And that is what Hell
wishes every democratic people to be. For when such a nation meets in conflict a nation where children have been made to work at school,where talent is placed in high posts, and where the ignorant mass are allowed no say at all in public affairs, only one result is possible.[...]
It is our function to encourage the behaviour, the manners, the
whole attitude of mind, which democracies naturally like and enjoy,
because these are the very things which, if unchecked, will destroy democracy. You would almost wonder that even humans don't see
it themselves. Even if they don't read Aristotle (that would be undemocratic) you would have thought the French Revolution would have taught them that the behaviour aristocrats naturally like is not the behaviour that preserves aristocracy. They might then have applied the same principle to all forms of government.
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