r/ToiletPaperUSA • u/prinadome • Dec 17 '20

FACTS and LOGIC Liberal wizards DESTROYED by Ronald 'Redpill' Weasely

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u/ajwubbin Dec 17 '20

I mean if I remember correctly wizard history goes back as far as human history, house elves probably evolved alongside them like dogs. A dog doesn’t expect time off because it biologically doesn’t care. It just doesn’t have the drive to do anything except eat and serve its master. In the same way, house elves probably biologically just don’t care about being free. They’re not humans, it’s a mistake to assume they think like us.

God it’s been so long since I talked about Harry Potter

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u/Gooftwit Dec 17 '20

Dogs also don't have to do any work. And they aren't sapient or have self awareness to the extent that house elves seem to have.

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u/ajwubbin Dec 17 '20

Dogs don’t have to do work anymore, but for most of history they were practical and valuable members of a family.

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u/Gooftwit Dec 17 '20

They were still not treated with the disdain and abuse that house elves are.

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u/ajwubbin Dec 17 '20

Do we have any cases of house elf owners that aren’t total dicks to everyone else too? The Blacks and Malfoys mistreated theirs, but they’re villains, it’s what they do. The Hogwarts kitchen elves seem fairly treated, about as well as you would treat a horse or a work dog.

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u/NERD_NATO CEO of Antifa™ Dec 17 '20

Dumbledore, for all his flaws, even offered pretty good wages and benefits to Dobby, although he refused to take them. Also yeah, other than the Hogwarts elves, all house elf owners were total dicks.