Why Voldemort is a fascist... (LONG)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 108819

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cubfanbudwoman" 
<susiequsie23 at s...> wrote:

> 
> It's clear to me that the DEs *are* all about blood ideology.  I 
know that Diary!Tom in CoS claimed that killing mudbloods 
didn't matter  any more, but is that really true?  Did he say that 
simply because  his immediate goal was to get Harry out of the 
way?  If he had  succeeded in eliminating Harry, what would 
have happened to the goal  of ridding the WW of mudbloods [and 
the world of Muggles?]?  <

I think the DE movement is fascist and consciously modelled on 
RL fascism. But Voldemort  himself seems more of an 
opportunist than a fascist. I think the social goals of his 
movement do not interest him at all. What drives him is his need 
for personal power, and if he had to wipe out all the purebloods 
to get it, he would gladly do so. Pureblood supremacy is only a 
means to an end. He doesn't really believe in it, or he would 
never have considered Harry a threat. 

Pippin