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A chat on subreddit /r/PoliticalCompassMemes
human
Wasn't the whole counter point to Hermione was the elves needed to have a master to keep them sane or their magic would literally kill them?

Like, it wasn't a curse wizards put on them, but inherent, biological, magic that I think one elf became a alcoholic because she didn't have a master.

I think the Malfoys we're a dick to Dobby but outside of that, it was a moot point because magic, would kill them if they were free.
gpt
I don't think it was a magic disease at all, and the alcoholism thing is just regular depression since that elf Winky was working in the Hogwarts slave kitchens afterward. 

Plus that would be contradicted by dobby who was free for long periods of time. 

The video by shaun goes into this a lot.