False Ideas about Democracy

We shouldn't equate democracy immediately with some warm ethical posture, a reaching out to people, or even a close huddling of people, sappy togetherness, which, since it allows for no creativity and endless coddling and protection, is decadent and bound to lose out to the strong man with harder, meaner desires.

What is so repulsive about 'democracy' for Nietzsche is not the political structure itself--lets not forget that technically ancient greece was a democracy strictly speaking--but its worldly manifestation, what it had turned into. In other words, if he saw people leaping around and creating the most amazing things humans had ever seen or heard (which was often the case--art was rampant--but making oneself, celebrating the earth and life, were rare) but they lived in a democracy also, he would not have been so dissatisfied. The point is, just because we read Nietzsche as a harsh critic of democracy does not mean we need to call in the dictator, as so many did in Germany in the 20s.
>But you're trying to make the essentially unpalatable go down smooth (Nietzsche's aristocratic sensibilities, his yearning for an authoritative political life (one of rulers and ruled, masters and slaves, who both agree with the arrangement).  This isn't to say that he would have condoned National Socialism outright (he wasn't down with anti-semitism, thought it stunk, and criticized nationalism).

 The dictator is not the overman nor is he a solution to the problems of democracy. Indeed, the nihilism that Nietzsche forecasted with the masses is just brought to its end under the arm of the dictator--the dictator wants to 'have' things for himself--he cannot stand the chaos that accompanies a political structure like democracy. A question: what was life like under Hitler or Stalin? Did people enjoy their lives? Were they usually fearful and therefore obedient to their rulers and the party, or did the movements they bought into enliven them? complete them as people? perhaps a false idea of completeness came into their heads...perhaps a human is never complete...