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Why Do The Pure-Bloods Hate The Muggles In The First Place? by Minute-Egg
Well, the tussle between the muggles (no-majs for the Americans) and the Wizarding community has been on for centuries. However, it was dealt with exceptionally violently in the past with the rise of Voldemort and the notorious Grindelwald. People were killed left, right and centre, fuelled by the hatred they and their followers carried. But how did this hatred ignite in the first place? The pure-blood witches and wizards feared that their lineages would wipe out. Like in the muggle world, when people from Europe came to the Americas and wiped out millions of the natives, the pure-bloods feared their demise. However, is this the only reason? As we all have seen and know, an average magic practiser is much more potent than an average no-Maj. It meant that the main reason for the hatred couldn’t have been fear of their demise. The main reason, as seen everywhere, is the human nature of exclusivity. People form communities to feel the same and very hesitantly want to include the people from outside. It leads to people thinking that they are better than others. But when this bubble is broken by an outsider doing the community’s job better than the people in it, the people in the community get very jealous and angry. It leads to the people being motivated to remove all the other people from existence to thrive. This is a very non-feasible and dangerous attitude towards anything. So, in the current era where all people co-exist peacefully, is it essential to try and be exclusive? Or is it the only peaceful way to live and prosper? Well, times will say for themselves, until then, who knows? 68
