Why Voldemort is a fascist... (LONG)

[boyd_smythe]

No: HPFGUIDX 108981

> Kneasy wrote:
> Stalins victims weren't armed as his thugs were.
> The knock on the door has a different perspective when the first one 
> through might get an Obliviate! or worse thrown at him.
> Yes, Voldy  did instigate a 'reign of terror' - as a terrorist. And 
the
> idea works - for terrorists. 
> JKR wants to make our blood crreep but she hasn't really thought 
through
> all the implications and ramifications of doing such a thing in a 
society
> based on magic. She too is thinking in terms of the KGB and Gestapo 
-
> but it's laughable to believe a whole magical society could be cowed
> by a government that acts like that. It couldn't work unless magic 
was
> denied to the population at large. Think about it.

boyd:

While I don't personally care what name we label LV with, I do think 
it's possible that he and his DEs could have wrought terror on the WW 
populace fairly easily. How? Simply get some of the stronger wizards, 
then attack weaker wizards unexpectedly and in force.

Who are these DEs? I think we all assume Lucius, Crabbe, Goyle, Barty 
Jr, Pettigrew, and the rest attended Hogwarts or another school of 
magic, schools which only take those with genuine magical ability.

And the victims? While we have heard about some of the strong ones, if 
LV were present when each of those were ambushed, the victims would 
have little chance, it seems. So in a way, the situation might well 
have been very similar to Stalin's terror attacks.

Which leads me to wonder, if these things can happen every time a 
powerful wizard decides to become a dictator, who's to stop it from 
happening again in another 100 years? Is there a yin to this eternal 
yang, or will wizards need to be robbed of their magic for their own 
protection? Or will JKR perhaps have us believe that wizards are 
basically good, and that these evil overlords are all caused by one 
bad thing, a thing that Harry can defeat forever in book 7?

Or is this simply a story about a boy who must defeat one bad guy?

--boyd
feeling very querulous today