▁Times ▁assert ed , ▁" The ▁book ▁had ▁probably ▁more ▁influence ▁than ▁any ▁other ▁political ▁book ▁of ▁the ▁de cade ." ▁Nov el ist ▁John ▁Buch an , ▁another ▁friend ▁of ▁the ▁Kinder g arten , ▁believed ▁that ▁Oliver ▁had ▁" a ▁real ▁and ▁end uring ▁influence ▁on ▁political ▁thought ." ▁ ▁Oliver ▁also ▁wrote ▁numerous ▁political ▁articles ▁for ▁The ▁Times ▁using ▁the ▁pseud onym ▁" P ac ific us ". ▁These ▁articles , ▁which ▁first ▁appeared ▁in ▁May ▁ 1 9 1 0 , ▁out lined ▁his ▁federal ist ▁ideas , ▁especially ▁his ▁proposal ▁for ▁the ▁establishment ▁of ▁separate ▁parliament s ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom ▁to ▁deal ▁with ▁purely ▁local ▁issues , ▁while ▁a ▁supre me ▁parliament ▁would ▁be ▁responsible ▁for ▁national ▁and ▁Imperial ▁concerns . ▁Even ▁while ▁advoc ating ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁parliament s ▁for ▁Britain ▁and ▁the ▁Empire ▁as ▁a ▁whole , ▁Oliver ▁was ▁deeply ▁critical ▁of ▁British ▁dem ocracy . ▁He ▁expressed ▁these ▁feelings ▁in ▁private , ▁such ▁as ▁a ▁letter ▁he ▁wrote ▁during ▁World ▁War ▁I ▁that ▁said , ▁" … D em ocracy ▁is ▁not ▁going ▁to ▁win ▁this ▁war ▁or ▁any ▁other ▁– ▁if ▁we ▁win , ▁it ▁will ▁be ▁because ▁the ▁spirit ▁of ▁the ▁small ▁rem nant ▁who ▁hate ▁and ▁desp ise ▁dem ocracy ▁and ▁all ▁its ▁works ▁will ▁save ▁the ▁country ▁in ▁spite ▁of ▁its ▁dem ocr atic ▁government ." ▁His ▁attitude ▁led ▁him ▁to ▁play ▁a ▁part ▁in ▁the ▁fall ▁of ▁the ▁As qu ith ▁government ▁later ▁in ▁the ▁war ▁as ▁a ▁member