I wouldn't say *Voldemort's* goals have merit, as Voldemort's main goal seems to be immortality for himself (and he's gotten pretty far along that road, as even being disincorporated doesn't kill him). His interest in the Stone, his experimetn with the diary, and finally his re-incarnation via cauldron and rite all point to Voldemort being self-centered in pursuit of this goal
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I don't think that his quest for immortality and the goals I outlined above are mutually exclusive. Both indicate a burning desire for survival above all else: personally for Voldemort, through the Stone or the Diary, as well as for the Wizarding World as a whole, through his politics.
But you're right that some of the Death Eater movement is going counter to his goals. Perhaps he thought he could better control his DEs.
I think he's got fine control of the Death Eaters.
But the deaths and disappearance that the Death Eaters caused in the First War *damaged* the Wizarding World, destablizing it and making it *more* vulnerable to notice by Muggles, not less.
To repeat the same actions in the Second War, during the mid-1990s when there isn't even the terrorist fervor of the 1970s to screen them from Muggle notice, is sheer stupidity.
I really think that Voldemort hates the Wizarding World as much as the Muggle one, and would be quite happy to see one destroy the other.
I think that's as good an interpretation as mine. For me, I like to think that Voldemort has some affection for certain parts of wizarding society, just as he has some affection for certain people.
I think he's got fine control of the Death Eaters.
We know very little of what sort of control there was in the first war. As for the second, he's only just begun to gather his DEs around him again at the end of GoF. It's possible that he'll have difficulty keeping them from doing things that would endanger the WW.
But the deaths and disappearance that the Death Eaters caused in the First War *damaged* the Wizarding World, destablizing it and making it *more* vulnerable to notice by Muggles, not less.
To repeat the same actions in the Second War, during the mid-1990s when there isn't even the terrorist fervor of the 1970s to screen them from Muggle notice, is sheer stupidity.
It's possible that Voldemort sees some instability as inevitable, and wishes to get it over with as soon as possible, so that the wizarding world may present a united front as it tries to eliminate the Muggle threat. He might think it'd be too hard to eliminate said threat with a broad, open society, and so he'd view creating a strict, militaristic society he has absolute control over as the vital first step.
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But you're right that some of the Death Eater movement is going counter to his goals. Perhaps he thought he could better control his DEs.
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But the deaths and disappearance that the Death Eaters caused in the First War *damaged* the Wizarding World, destablizing it and making it *more* vulnerable to notice by Muggles, not less.
To repeat the same actions in the Second War, during the mid-1990s when there isn't even the terrorist fervor of the 1970s to screen them from Muggle notice, is sheer stupidity.
I really think that Voldemort hates the Wizarding World as much as the Muggle one, and would be quite happy to see one destroy the other.
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I think he's got fine control of the Death Eaters.
We know very little of what sort of control there was in the first war. As for the second, he's only just begun to gather his DEs around him again at the end of GoF. It's possible that he'll have difficulty keeping them from doing things that would endanger the WW.
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To repeat the same actions in the Second War, during the mid-1990s when there isn't even the terrorist fervor of the 1970s to screen them from Muggle notice, is sheer stupidity.
It's possible that Voldemort sees some instability as inevitable, and wishes to get it over with as soon as possible, so that the wizarding world may present a united front as it tries to eliminate the Muggle threat. He might think it'd be too hard to eliminate said threat with a broad, open society, and so he'd view creating a strict, militaristic society he has absolute control over as the vital first step.
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