Why Voldemort is a fascist... (LONG)

[nkafkafi]

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>Pippin wrote:
> 
> 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. 


Neri:
I don't have the books with me, but isn't it canon that Tom hated his 
father? We don't know of any opportunistic reason for killing his 
father and his muggle grandparents (although I guess you could think 
of some Dark Art that would require it). And we know Riddle the 
father left Tom's mother because he discovered she was a witch. Plus 
I assume Tom wasn't treated well in that orphanage he grew up in, 
especially if the superiors and the other children felt that there is 
something strange about him.

Tom could easily decide that all muggles are scum and wizard haters, 
and once he was sorted to Slytherin it would be the easiest thing for 
him to ascribe these properties to their bad blood. I find it much 
more probable that he strongly believes it, even when he 
opportunistically uses the pureblood ethos to take over the WW.

Neri