Voldemort's goal

[Laura]

No: HPFGUIDX 55761

herm - own - ninny wrote:
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I've been wondering for some time about Voldemort's plan of action 
now that he's back, new bod and all. Or at least, what is his 
ultimate goal? Canon is somewhat fuzzy on the subject. He hates 
Muggles, that's a given, but beyond that I'm not clear on his actual 
objectives are.

<snip>  So he's gathering an army that will fight the "Good Side" in 
an attempt to do what? Seize power? Overrule the Ministry of Magic 
and become the "ruler" of the Wizarding world?  <snip>  Draco tells 
Harry and Co. at the end of GoF that Mudbloods and Muggle-lovers will 
be the first to go. Does that mean that he plans to kill *all* Muggle 
born wizards and those who support them? This would certainly wipe 
out a good deal of the wizarding population.

What about the Muggles? The *billions* of non-magical people that he 
so hates? Certainly he can't try to murder them all. The Muggles 
obviously outnumber the wizard population by a great deal, and add to 
that number all the "Mudbloods and Muggle-lovers", all versus Voldie 
and his comparatively small army of DEs. It just doesn't seem like a 
plausible scenario.
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Now me:
I think it's more of an ego thing, not exactly a concrete goal.  
Think back to his little speech in CoS, "so I fashioned myself a new 
name- a name I knew wizards around the world would fear to speak, 
when I had become the most powerful wizard in the world."  
(paraphrase)

Also, in GoF, after the incident with the DE's at the Quidditch World 
Cup: (Ch 9- The Dark Mark, p.143)
"What were You-Know-Who's supporters up to, levitating Muggles?  I 
mean, what's the point?" [Harry asked]

"The point?" said Mr. Weasley with a hollow laugh.  "Harry, that's 
their idea of fun.  Half the Muggle killings back when You-Know-Who 
was in power were done for fun."

I personally think LV just likes terrifying people.  Well, obviously, 
but I mean, he doesn't seem to have much more of a goal than that.  
Just to become immortal, be in power, control everyone, steal, 
torture, terrify, kill...all that.

It all comes down to power, that's what all of politics comes down 
to.  If you've read 1984, and my apologies that I can't remember any 
of the names of the characters at the moment, but the man who is 
torturing the insubordinate says something like, "tell me, why am I 
doing this?"  And the insubordinate being tortured tries to humor him 
and says something like "for the good of the people."  And the other 
guy says, "no, you idiot.  We do this to stay in power!"  Just 
because power is something people want, rather like money or sex.  Or 
maybe because power can *get* them money or sex.  <eg>

So it seems like less of a concrete goal, and more LV's egotistical 
nature taking over.  He just wants to be in power, terrifying 
people.  And killing a few Muggles on the side, to get "revenge" at 
his father.

-Laura