[HPforGrownups] DeathEaterDogma!

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 192471

On 6/21/2013 1:01 AM, alabio wrote:
> 	On the ChatterList, I conversation with John, I came to the conclusion that dogma and the willingness to act on it is the problem.  This brings us back to ontopicness:
>
> 	The DeathEaters are dogmatic.  This is their dogma:
>
> 	*	DeathEaters should rule the world.
> 	*	MuggleBorns ought to die.
> 	*	Muggles should be slaves with no rights.
>
> 	The DeathEaters are dogmatic.  Members of the Order of the Phoenix are not dogmatic.

     Actually, the Deatheaters are extremely pragmatic; they rely on 
their "useful idiot" (to use a term garnered from Stalin) followers to 
be dogmatic. On the other hand, the opponents of the Deatheaters are 
collectivists, willing to subvert their individual needs for the, if you 
will, "greater good". This is important; note that the trio managed to 
get through several key crises because Voldemort's forces got selfish, 
putting their own desires over service to their cause.

     Bart