Wizard supremacy (was:Re: Nel Question #4: Class and Elitism)

[greatelderone]

No: HPFGUIDX 125889


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "a_svirn" <a_svirn at y...> wrote:
> a_svirn:
> 
> Not that I think it matters (because I don't believe wizards were 
> beaten), but suppose it does, whose fault is that? While Muggles 
> are incapable of magic, nothing can stop wizards from mustering 
> Muggle "fighting tactics". Wizards can do everything Muggles can 
AND 
> magic. Surely it gives them a great advantage on Muggles.

GEO: The development of the military doctrine, training programs and 
technology isn't something that can be done in a few months or 
years. All the wizards have is magic and a less than stellar record 
of logical reasoning. Plus they don't have a standing army. The 
aurors are their equivalent of policeman/peacekeepers/jedi not 
actual soldiers.

> You are operating on a lot of assumptions here. How exactly can 
> scientific efficiency hurt wizards? 

GEO: Scientific efficiency namely a massive industrial base capable 
of creating tanks, guns, planes and ships quickly and efficently 
would be quite capable of hampering wizards.

>From what we saw in the books 
> magic is far more efficient than technology. And how do you know 
> that wizards are amateurs in the games of war? They are certainly 
> adept in killing each other. And they succeeded in overpowering 
> other magical peoples like goblins for instance. 

GEO: They have fought against magical enemies however we have never 
seem them fight against a fully trained and equipped standing army. 
The underlying concepts would be quite different and considering 
that the Ministry has no military command, I think their resistance 
would be effectively futile.