That is what Jo wants us to think, but from perspective of people living in Potterverse that explanation doesn't work, because majority of WW don't know anything about Dursleys. Heck, in chapter 1 Albus' behaviour doesn't suggests that he might suspect Harry's guardians acting in such way. After observing how wizards interact with muggles and how they talk about them, I'm suspecting that the problem lays elsewhere: only people with magic are citizens of WW and in Potterverse wizards only respect citizens of WW thus muggles have no rights under WW's law. Case in point: it seems that only laws concerning interactions between wizards and muggles are secrecy laws. Nobody thinks twice about consequences of repeatedly wiping away someone's memories. Nobody bats eye about Neville's mistreatment during his childhood nor at distrusting Mrs. Figg's words during trial. If such important things are ignored why wizards should care about financial situation of somebody's muggle relative?
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Date: 2018-03-26 10:33 am (UTC)After observing how wizards interact with muggles and how they talk about them, I'm suspecting that the problem lays elsewhere: only people with magic are citizens of WW and in Potterverse wizards only respect citizens of WW thus muggles have no rights under WW's law. Case in point: it seems that only laws concerning interactions between wizards and muggles are secrecy laws. Nobody thinks twice about consequences of repeatedly wiping away someone's memories. Nobody bats eye about Neville's mistreatment during his childhood nor at distrusting Mrs. Figg's words during trial.
If such important things are ignored why wizards should care about financial situation of somebody's muggle relative?