So, there's one, obvious non-violent manner in which to acheive a revolution of knowledge and purpose, seemingly. Tom Riddle would have had to have become Minister of Magic and then change the system. Except that, of course, changing the legal system does little good if the school system, if every magical child in the UK and Ireland, is in control of a person with completely different views of you. So, what Voldemort needs then, is to be able to change both systems when the Ministry doesn't have control over Hogwarts and vice versa.
Can you think of a non-violent way he could have managed that?
He could've done something similar to what Dumbledore did with Fudge - either be Headmaster and arrange for an ardent follower of his to be Minister, or vice versa. Although it's likely that Dumbledore would've moved to check his power by becoming whatever Voldemort wasn't, and it's possible that after the defeat of Grindelwald, there was no way for Voldemort to beat out Dumbledore for the position of Headmaster when Dippet retired.
I agree that the situation looks bleak for Tom, but I just find violence to be so terrible that it will be difficult for me to agree that it's justified unless in the most dire circumstances.
Can you think of a non-violent way he could have managed that?
He could've done something similar to what Dumbledore did with Fudge - either be Headmaster and arrange for an ardent follower of his to be Minister, or vice versa. Although it's likely that Dumbledore would've moved to check his power by becoming whatever Voldemort wasn't, and it's possible that after the defeat of Grindelwald, there was no way for Voldemort to beat out Dumbledore for the position of Headmaster when Dippet retired.
I agree that the situation looks bleak for Tom, but I just find violence to be so terrible that it will be difficult for me to agree that it's justified unless in the most dire circumstances.
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