"You're a Englishman Harry"
Missed opportunity for punchline.
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The reason in books: muggles will oppress or kill them, falls flat in the face of their overwhelming power. And the fact that they've never had much is an issue.
I don't remember if it was a main book or one of those charity publications but she specifically decided to mention that witch burnings, when they caught a real witch, just resulted in the witch casting a spell that made fire tickle a bit.
I also remember this from the books, some even enjoyed it to the point of getting caught on purpose
Kinky
Wendelin the Weird was into freaky shit.
Just because someone is unsuccessful in killing you doesn't mean it's okay that they continue to try though.
Those fuckers can duplicate food and never go hungry, but never share. They deserve to be burned.
Does it, tho? Wizards are powerful, sure, but they're severely outnumbered, and almost completely ignorant of technology. What's your Avada Kedavra, that moves slow enough that untrained school children can dodge it, gonna do against the Mother of all Bombs? Or a nuke?
Don't underestimate muggles.
The issue is that wizards can instantly wage a guerilla war. All it takes is Muggle Studies being taken seriously and integration in muggle society. Then it's impossible to identify them. Wandless magic could be a focus to be certain you're never carrying an identifying marker.
Then the wizards don't need to attack. They can destabilize the economy by duplicating money, precious resources, etc. These will deteriorate eventually but cause chaos and devalue the economy for a time. Imagine taking a $100 bill and just duplicating it to prop up your car-wash business as a front. But that's baby-level chicanery.
The real sauce is the mind-control. Imperio (who cares if it's unforgivable when you're at war?) and more importantly the Memory Charm and False Memory spells. Let's just get in there, stun a very important person (start low, work up) and insert the memories you need to get them to act accordingly. Remove the memories of that transaction and boom! Access to the most powerful people in the world and the ability to influence them. Now a wizard has their finger (remotely) on the nuclear button!
Seriously. Voldemort was an idiot. He used basic terror tactics for years and the only reason he wasn't killed quickly was because Magical Britian was written to be as stupid as possible because Rowling was writing a children's story about incompetent leaders.
This is now my favourite comment on Lemmy
"Also what's the ethical structure behind literally enslaving a species of creatures and forcing them to cook our meals and keep our homes?"
"Well Harry you see, they're lesser than us and also they like it that way"
"........"
(Harry Potter? Not a great book series, from a not-great philosophical mind.)
Credit to https://www.existentialcomics.com/
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Never seen these before, thanks for sharing the link!
Don't they have russians and the french as well?
Have you seen Russian and French cultures lately?
Or historically?
The roided out quidditch team was from Bulgaria
I think there was mention of a Japanese school as well.
And one for the rest of asia ~~Im not kidding~~
Yes, every country has wizards in the books. So while the comic is funny, it doesn't actually make sense.
this but god instead of dumbledore
"If everyone knows magic, then it's not special anymore, Harry! Don't YOU want to be special?"
Hilarious. Wasn't expecting that.
Blimey! Dumbledore certainly didn't expect such a Spanish Inquisition!
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