Harry mulled it over, fingers tapping slightly on the table, before he finally moved his castle, which protested vigorously.
"To be honest, I never thought about it much. There was a war on and surviving it and stopping Voldemort was what had to come first. To even change any of that, the war would've had to be over and anyone who thought it was a good idea to coexist alongside muggles would have to get some sort of job at the Ministry and try to convince every other wizard in the world to do it. There were international laws in the way."
Was it a good idea in the first place?
"But if I really do think about it, I'm not sure wizards helping muggles is the best idea anyway. It's different here on the ship. There's a war we have to fight, and I saw people flying around at that big meeting--no one hides a thing here--and we've all got to work together to even have a chance. But I was raised by muggles and they couldn't stand magic. And in history, whenever there's a small group that's somehow different from the majority, they usually lose in some way. The world would have had to change in a major way for wizards to coexist alongside muggles and work together without any violence or prejudice from either side. I don't think, even if the world was still there, that I'd ever see that kind of world in my lifetime. It's a nice thought, wizards and muggles working together, but I'm not sure it'd have been possible."
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"To be honest, I never thought about it much. There was a war on and surviving it and stopping Voldemort was what had to come first. To even change any of that, the war would've had to be over and anyone who thought it was a good idea to coexist alongside muggles would have to get some sort of job at the Ministry and try to convince every other wizard in the world to do it. There were international laws in the way."
Was it a good idea in the first place?
"But if I really do think about it, I'm not sure wizards helping muggles is the best idea anyway. It's different here on the ship. There's a war we have to fight, and I saw people flying around at that big meeting--no one hides a thing here--and we've all got to work together to even have a chance. But I was raised by muggles and they couldn't stand magic. And in history, whenever there's a small group that's somehow different from the majority, they usually lose in some way. The world would have had to change in a major way for wizards to coexist alongside muggles and work together without any violence or prejudice from either side. I don't think, even if the world was still there, that I'd ever see that kind of world in my lifetime. It's a nice thought, wizards and muggles working together, but I'm not sure it'd have been possible."