Looking at the worldview of Harry Potter as a whole.
The conflict between wizards and Muggles was not a simple struggle between good and evil, but a profound tragedy rooted in fear, misunderstanding, and the desire for power.
"No wonder it stirred so much fear and rejection among wizards, allowing radicals like Gellert Grindelwald—who preached wizard supremacy and warned against the threat of Muggle technology—to gain so many followers." Ian knew perfectly well that what had frightened Grindelwald were the Muggles' nuclear weapons.
If one viewed things from the perspective of the wizarding community, especially the extremists represented by Gellert Grindelwald, one would find that the "rule of wizards" they advocated was not insane rambling born from nothing. It stemmed from a deeply buried fear of survival, passed down from generation to generation. That fear had begun quietly growing as technology first emerged.
What Grindelwald's gift of prophecy had seen was precisely the scene wizards did not want to witness—Muggles surpassing wizards through their imagination.
How could Muggles defeat wizards?
That disparity.
Existed in the hearts of nearly every wizard.
In the eyes of most wizards, wizards were the most formidable group, a more "superior" evolution. They viewed Muggles much as mutants viewed ordinary people.
Even those who bore Muggles goodwill still believed that Muggles were inferior to themselves, at least deep down. It was precisely because of this that, once they sensed Muggles were also an "evolutionary" choice—
Most wizards could not bear it.
It was this fear of Muggles, along with that sense of imbalance, that paved the way for Grindelwald's rise, allowing him to rally countless followers and stir up a wave that swept across the world.
Of course.
It was not only about their own sense of superiority. The roots of that fear could be traced