[HPforGrownups] Re: Voldie Intent (was: Anti-christ!whatever)

[Sasha HP]

No: HPFGUIDX 46384

  Greetings!

> Melody wrote:

M> Sorry, I should of put a sarcastic smile note in there. I
M> did not mean to say directly that good always wins. Over
M> time we tend to believe it (or rather hope it), but it is
M> definitely not true. From an American perspective, we
M> believe the "good guys" won the Revolutionary War. I'm
M> sure the Brits have something to say about that. ;)

  Good guys always win because it's winners who write the
history. This is generally true for all democracies (who are
forced to depict the enemy as the epitome of evil for PR
reasons), and this is especially true for Americans (who
have employed this as an integral part of their military
strategy since the Civil War).

  Indeed, unreasonable belief that "Good wins" is a part of
Western mentality.

  But, "subconscious belief in the inevitability of victory,
shared by neutral nations, is a real strategic force we must
not dismiss". Phrase was said by a Russian strategy game
player who was playing Hitler in a WWII game.

  Voldemort has the same kind of problem. *Everybody* in the
WW, including Voldemort himself, subconsciously believes
that Voldemort is *doomed* to fall.

  All that goes below is based on still unaccepted social
and psychological theories.

  There is a way around this, though. Leader of the side
which is depicted as "evil", *can* negate the effects of
this belief by being slightly (or not slightly) insane. IF
he manages to completely exclude this weakness from his
character AND to induce his insanity on his followers (and
through them, to enemies) he can win.

  These unobvious, purely psychological processes will have
their manifestations in the real world through the changes
in the probability distribution, as people will
subconsciously modify their behavior according to the
induced pattern.

  History gives us many examples of failed attempts to
modify the reality in this way, and only a few successful
ones. Of course, none of them was deliberate, hence the
rarity of success. What will happen when this will be
studied and employed consciously is still to be seen...

Sincerely yours,
Alexander Lomski,
Gryffindor/Slytherin crossbreed,
always happy to throw weird ideas into community.

Saturday, November 9, 2002, 19:07 local time (GMT+2:00)