Lucius fears Voldemort Was: Are Malfoy and Fudge the real masterminds?

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "travellerrose" 
<travellerrose at y...> wrote:
> This post particularly caught my eye because it highlights one of 
the 
> reasons I love JR's book so much - she has such a sure grasp of 
> history and human nature.
> It is often pointed out by historians that Hitler was the complete 
> opposite of everything he espoused - he wasn't pure Aryan blood, 
he 
> didn't have the tall, blond, blue eyed physical Aryan 
characteristics 
> that he wanted to dominate the world, but whether this distinction 
> made no difference to his followers, or they simply didn't notice 
it, 
> they remained slavishly loyal to him and his persecution of non-
Aryan 
> people - the similarities between Hitler and LV are not 
coincidence, 
> I think. 
> Fanatics do not use reason, or question their leaders, as was 
shown 
> through the six years of World War II. 


Jen: I'm glad you de-lurked, travellerrose, because this is a 
compelling thought. 

I think followers like Bella, Rodolphus, Barty Crouch and perhaps 
other DE's would fall into the fanatic category--willing to do 
anything for LV regardless of his history. (Although I did wonder 
why Bella was so angered when Harry brought up LV's half-blood 
status at the DOM--is she surprised, or perhaps doesn't consider him 
human anymore and thus blood status isn't relevant?)

The difference with Lucius is he's not a fanatic in any way. He's 
cunning, deceitful, slimy, etc., but loyal?  In the extreme form 
required by Voldemort? No, loyalty isn't one of his strengths, 
unless you count loyalty to self! So I do think blood status would 
make a difference to Lucius, even if not to the rest of the DE's.