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

[travellerrose]

No: HPFGUIDX 87094

Sophierom:
(snip) 
> Another interesting question raised by this analogy to Nazi Germany 
> is, why would the WW be so seduced by LV in the first place? Hitler 
> played to German anxieties after WWI; what anxieties existed in the 
> WW to allow LV to gain so many followers? Did Grindelwald's fall 
> just previous to LVI  have anything to do with it? Or is 
> Grindelwald unrelated to LV's rise? 
(snip)


Hope I did that snip thing right!
The anxieties that existed in the WW would have focussed on Muggles, 
I think - even though it is stated that burning a witch is pointless 
(In Quidditch Through The Ages, possibly - all my books are packed 
for moving, at the moment) and that the WW thinks our obsession with 
technology is ridiculous (or fascinating, if you are Arthur Weasley), 
nevertheless, the world is under Muggle control and the WW hides from 
Muggles, not the other way round.
So as Hitler in Nazi Germany focussed the fear and anger of the 
people on a particular group, the Jewish people, LV focusses it on 
Muggles - and promises that the WW will subdue the Muggle world to 
about the level of house elves, or less, I should imagine.
Lucius (or as he is known in my household since Jason Isaacs took the 
role in the movies - ``Lucious'' Malfoy) uses LV as a path to power, 
I think. He is not brave enough to put his convictions on the line 
and BE a LV. He will asssist until the climate has changed, and then 
someone like that would have to be carefully watched by LV himself - 
LV wouldn't be able to trust him. Lucius is a natural plotter.

Just my thoughts,
TravellerRose