DeathEaterDogma!

[⸘Ŭalabio‽]

No: HPFGUIDX 192472

>> Walabio:
>> 	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
>>  Phœnix are not dogmatic.

> Bart:
> Actually, the Deatheaters are extremely pragmatic; they rely on
> their "useful idiot" (to use a term garnered from Stalin) followers
> to be dogmatic.


Walabio:
The term is usually credited to Stalin, but this is what the senior
reference librarian at the Library of Congress has to say about the
issue:

Despite often being attributed to Lenin, in 1987, Grant Harris,
senior reference librarian at the Library of Congress, declared that
"We have not been able to identify this phrase among [Lenin's]
published works."

senior reference librarian at the Library of Congress, Grant Harris

At any rate, none ever claimed that all DeathEaters believe the Dogma
(I always suspected that Lucius Malfoy just wanted power and wealth;
while, Wormtail just wanted to stand behind the biggest kid in the
playground for protection), but many DeathEaters buy into the dogma:

The Dark Lord believes it.  The LeStranges in general and the fanatic
Beatrix LeStrange in particular believe the dogma whole-heartedly.

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.

I believe that you might confuse political communism with
unitcohesion:

Militaryunits have to act in a coordinated way to be effective.  The
order of the Phœnix does not have an overarching economic policy.

About the DeathEaters lacking cohesion, in the case of Wormtail, he
owed a lifedebt to Harry Potter, but in other cases, it is true:

The Malfoys are a good example:

* Draco Malfoy deliberately misidentifies the Trio because once he
understands what murder really is, he wants no part of it.
* Narcissa Malfoy lied about the death of Harry Potter to the Dark
Lord because she cared more about her son than the cause.

Walabio