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Oh, I dunno ... is it ever mentioned ... when the villain is a dark master of magical powers?
I think it's always assumed to be a general reign of terror, with no-fair magic used as a tool of the evil regime to be ushered in under the principal baddie.
I'm not particularly familiar with fantasy literature ... but in thinking of, say, Lord of the Rings, I don't think it's ever spelled out why Sauron getting ahold of the One Ring would be a really bad idea. And it didn't need to be.
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The HP books go into a bit of what the prior regime of Voldie was about - - mostly how his minions, the Death Eaters, were really obnoxious to the day-to-day witches and warlocks. But I don't think it was ever specified what was so bad about Voldemort himself.
Perhaps someone who actually remembers the books a few years after reading them could elaborate.
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