Find me a protection scheme that applies to the situation at hand with a second point of failure, and I'll accept your criticism of the plan they had. Highly-placed traitors are really, really hard to defend against.
Similarly, find me an example of Voldemort having backup on any of his attacks, and I'll believe that him lacking it here is relevant.
Rationality is about winning. Lily Potter won that night, as much as she believably could have. I'd say she did okay by "throwing her life away".
Find me a protection scheme that applies to the situation at hand with a second point of failure, and I'll accept your criticism of the plan they had.
Have Dumbledore be the Secret-Keeper.
Similarly, find me an example of Voldemort having backup on any of his attacks, and I'll believe that him lacking it here is relevant.
The Ministry raid at the end of OotP.
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