British writer C. S. Lewis warned long ago of the danger to democracy when people no longer recognize any difference between political equality and actual equality, in a vivid 1959 essay featuring one of his most famous literary creations, a brilliant and evil demon named Screwtape. As one of the Inferno’s most senior bureaucrats, Screwtape is invited to give the commencement address at Hell’s training college for new tempters. During his speech, Screwtape leaves aside what, for him, is the dull business of individual
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