The secrecy motif/magic & muggles

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 180008

> lizzyben:
> 
> Oh, I don't deny that wizards subjectively consider themselves 
> superior to non-wizards. But I'm saying that, objectively, they're 
> no more superior than someone who has hazel eyes over brown eyes. 
> It's just a genetic trait. 

a_svirn:
Only because "objectively" being hazel-eyed doesn't help one to 
dominate brown-eyed people. Magic does, however, ensure one's 
dominance over the non-magic. Quite objectively – that's the point. 
Suppose all the hazel-eyed got together and found a civilization. 
They might entertain some delusions of grandeur, but they would be 
just that – delusions. Whereas wizards founded their own 
civilization -- based on one genetic trait – in 1692 and have been 
lording over muggles ever since. Precisely because of this trait.  So 
I really don't think it's comparable. Just like slavery has turned 
out to be a nice thing in the WW, an experiment in negative eugenics 
has proved to be a successful endeavour. 

> lizzyben:
Where it gets odd is that JKR seems to 
> also consider her wizards to be superior to Muggles. And I don't 
> just think it's for comic relief, or an accident, or sloppy 
writing. 
> Wizard superiority is pretty much the foundation of the novels.

a_svirn:
I think so, yes.


> lizzyben: 
<SNIP> So, we have a strict hierarchy of humanity according to 
bloodlines, 
> with Muggles at the very bottom, followed by Squibs, followed by 
> Slytherins, followed by Ravenclaws/Hufflepuffs, followed by 
> Gryffindors at the very, very top. And at the top of the 
Gryffindors 
> is Harry Potter, the Chosen One, the heir of Perevell. The one 
whose 
> blood is so good, so pure, it will save the entire wizarding world. 
> Harry is the Superman among Supermen, the most elite of the elite.  

a_svirn:
Yes. Blood does seem to be at the bottom of everything. Even Love and 
Mother's Sacrifice isn't enough to ensure Harry's protection. It 
needs blood to be binding.