I find it very telling that the only line I actually remember from her work is when she describes Petunia Dursley as being very thin, but having "nearly twice the usual amount of neck." because it's a *savage* burn and that's clearly where her talents lie.
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And that obviously shouldn't be presented as the worst thing they do The worst thing is how they treat ACTUAL Muggles - and Squibs - who ACTUALLY can't do magic The fact that a Muggle is helpless to stop anything a wizard wants to do to them should be a horrifying injustice
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But the books never really question this They do, in fact, end up going with this idea that the talented elite deserve their privileged position by right and the bad guys are only bad because of their conservative belief that talent is hereditary
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The worst part of their regime is presented as curriculum reform.
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