Voldemort's goals (WAS: Wizarding culture/ attitude to arms)

[grey_wolf_c]

No: HPFGUIDX 43528

MariaJ wrote:
> Let me go off on a different tangent: Voldemort is supposed to be
> this big threat, right? He's not out to destroy the world or anything
> like that, but he does want to take over. Or something. I have to
> admit I'm a bit hazy on what Voldemort actually wants, except kill 
> Harry, harass muggles and, eh, humiliate his Death Eaters. 

Voldemort says that his two main goals are immortality and taking over 
the world, in that order. In fact, what he *really* wants is 
immortality. Of course, once you *have* immortality, you'd better get 
some interesting hobby (like opera) to help you pass the unending 
boredom of eternal life. Voldemort isn't the sort of person that enjoys 
listening to music, he's the sort of person that enjoys *power*, so 
it's power what he wants, and thus puts himself a goal thqat will take 
a long time: taking over the world.

Oh, and my favourite theory, MAGIC DISHWASHER (::waits for groans and 
"not again"s sounds in the background to fade::) explains that, 
unlikely as it may be, Voldemort is able to take over the WW, and 
nearly had in the days before the First Fall (what is known as the 
Reign of Terror). At the time, he was trying to get a social breakdown 
that would allow him to remodel a meek society, chained into submission 
by terror, and put himself on top of it. I'd imagine that, after that, 
he would turn his attention to other countries.

Now that he's made a comeback, we don't know what his plans are, but 
after a casual observation of the circunstances, I think that his best 
plan would be to promote Lucius Malfoy's ascent to the position of head 
of the MoM, since Fudge is going to be thrown out of his office in a 
short while: if he hasn't said publicly yet that Voldemort has NOT 
returned (as oposed to Harry's declarations), he will, sooner or later, 
and when the evidence in favour of LV's return piles up, Fudge's 
incompetence is going to be so obvious he'll have to resign (or will be 
thrown out of the office), at which point, LV could grab power through 
a dummy politician.

> Now, if his
> objective really is to take over the world (i.e. Britain) then sooner 
> or later muggles will become aware of this.It's not as if the Good
> Guys can run around making Memory Charms on everyone who's seen
> something, then they won't have any time to actually fight against
> Voldemort, which has to be the top priority after all.
> 
> MariaJ

During the Reign of Terror, we are told that the wizards were able to 
keep the situation down (then again, at that time, muggle England had 
problems of terrorism of its own, so it wouldn't be too dificult to 
pass some of the muggle killings as IRA attacks). It is true that if 
Voldemort doesn't change his modus operandi (and there is nothing that 
indicates he should or will), this time around the MoM is going to have 
more difficulties to keep the situation a secret. However, we do know 
that the MoM has contacts with the British muggle goverment. Maybe they 
can work somthing out through them.

Hope that helps,

Grey Wolf