Being a DE (Was:Re: Peter and Gollum)

[o_caipora]

No: HPFGUIDX 82730

> susanbones2003 (Jennifer) wrote:
> 
> > 1) What the heck is the draw of serving Lord Voldemort? He's a 
> > horrible leader, and as you say pay and benefits are lousy. One 
way 
> > or the other, most of his followers end up on the wrong end of 
things 
> > or dead. What's his attraction?
 
There's no shortage of real-world examples. Look at the late Ida 
Amin. There was once a portrait in the paper of him and his 
goverment, five years later: half the groups had been killed by him. 
Yet he still had followers. Any number of tinpot dictators have 
similar records.

What you're not seeing is the attraction of power: a blindness which 
speaks well of you. Some people lust for it. 

A professor of mine once told me that that in picking a department 
chairman it was important to choose someone who *did not* want the 
job. Even a departmental tinpot dictator can be wearing.   

"annemehr" <annemehr at y...> wrote:> 

> Voldemort binds his followers to him by deception
> as well as fear, perhaps.  Another weakness, I would judge.

Machiavelli said that "It is better to be feared than to be loved." 
His views may be unpleasant, but are realistic. 

Would you rather face the wrath of Dumbledore, if you opposed him and 
he wins, or face the wrath of Voldy? Being feared can be advantageous.

 - Caipora