The poop-in-robes deal must’ve had pushback when toilets came out. “Sit over WATER? And defecate into it like a CAVEMAN? So it might SPLASH MY DELICATES? No thank you, I shall shit myself like Magic God intended.”
I like to think there's a third faction of wizards who work behind the scenes who are fully trained/functional humans who learn magic in college instead of middle school. They keep the separation between the crazies driven mad by magic/ignorance and the politicians who couldn't be trusted with magic
Hang on, never ever cleaning your butt ever because it turns you gay, that's Proud Boys ideology isn't it? So I heard recently anyway. The plot thickens.