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C.S. Lewis wrote 'The Screwtape Letters' in 1942, featuring letters from a senior devil, Screwtape, to his nephew, Wormwood, inverting moral categories.
In September 2024, Tucker Carlson hosted a guest on his podcast who presented a revisionist view of World War II, portraying Winston Churchill negatively and Adolf Hitler positively.
C.S. Lewis may have been inspired by a speech from Adolf Hitler in 1940, which inverted moral perspectives, similar to the style of 'The Screwtape Letters'.
The podcast episode with Tucker Carlson was criticized for promoting a narrative that denies the Holocaust and reverses historical moral judgments.
C.S. Lewis depicted devils as bureaucratic figures to illustrate how evil can be advanced quietly and systematically, rather than through overtly violent means.