Harry Potter is a great allegory that subconsciously primed a generation of kids that like reading that our side is the correct one. The fact that it was created unwittingly by the tremendously liberal Rowling only furthers the beauty of the work. Just as Fake News is an example of using the power of their own words against the bastion of liberalism, so too can the works of Harry Potter draw powerful parallels to our cause. Here are a number of similarities between this clear work of fiction and the actual political environment. In spite of the author's hopes, she wrote a prescient description of the political environment that provides a blueprint of faith to be followed by the individual in the overwhelming face of bureaucratic oppression.
The Faith in the individual to overcome a corrupt System
Perhaps the biggest and central message of the Harry Potter series is the power of the individual over the collective. In this way, the series is a modern day recreation of the Fountainhead only told in the genre of childhood fiction. The story is largely about the the willingness of a traditional family group and an extraordinary white male to give their lives for an ordinary child. Because of the heroic efforts, a child without any extraordinary abilities can overcome the entirety of the government, main stream media, and the most powerful dark wizards of all time by having an unwavering faith in the goodness of himself, his friends, and his hero. The heroes of the series at one point have to disguise their true selves using the Project Veritaserum (Polyjuice) potion order to infiltrate the central government's halls of power only to be horrified that it is being used to disseminate information about "undesirables (deplorables)" to the general public, create new teaching materials to be distributed to Hogwarts in order to indoctrinate children, and the corrupt government is so far removed from the populace that they have built monuments displaying the government's power over the helpless. If you were to distill the central difference between conservative ideology and liberal ideology, it is that it is not the power of the group in which western society draws its strength, but rather the power of the singular individual to enact great change. A group doesn't make a meme, an individual does that is shared by the group. The entirety of the set of books is a widespread display of the worst aspects of communist/socialist ideologies and their applications in government; and the ability of individuals to successfully defeat these ideologies through faith and determination.
The ministry of magic interferes at Hogwarts in order to indoctrinate children and teach nothing
The central government attempts to usurp the role of educators by installing a teacher who hates kids and is solely motivated by increasing the ministry's power over education. This is first achieved by installing a centrally planned (common core) curriculum that is immediately derided by the students as being designed to prevent the students from learning how to think as well as learning how to defend themselves. Eventually, the Ministry decides to take over the entirety of the administration of the school and institute a number of questionable rulings designed to increase the ability of the central government to institute behavioral compliance on the population at a young age, with particular emphasis on physical contact and self expression. The evil students of the story are given medals and participation awards for their willingness to accept and enforce the new policies, while the heroes of our story create a rebel underground that cling to the moral code of the previous generations despite heavy and constant censorship and persecution. The message is clear, that common core is evil that it prevents the teaching of independent thought, and that the Federal government is consistently acting in the direct disinterest of the children of the country. The best type of education is left to people that have devoted their lives to teaching kids, rather than government bureaucrats. One of the kids even chooses a toad as a pet.
The MSM-Daily Prophet being a mouthpiece of the entrenched bureaucracy
Throughout the series the main news source of the magical world is known as "the Daily Prophet" and is used as a mouthpiece of the elites and the entrenched bureaucracy to prevent challenges to the status quo. This begins with the overwhelming negative press that is consistently thrown at Dumbledore. Beginning in the second movie, the MSM besmirch Dumbledore's reputation in an effort to install a headmaster that is more malleable to the wishes of the "elites" (who happened to be siding with the dark lord) despite no evidence of his involvement in the Chamber of Secrets Plot and no reasonable solution regarding his replacement. Regardless, "help will always be given in America who those who ask for it" is an enduring message for those faced with the oppressive power of the bureaucracy. As the series progressed, the threat to the MSM and lifelong politicians' power becomes more obvious, and they begin using every ounce of their influence in order to sway public opinion against the hero of our story. The MSM begins by repeatedly and falsely accusing him of lying and dishonesty, and eventually devolve into just calling people that disagree with them "undesirables/ Deplorables". Once the evil forces that are threatening the magical world come to power, the MSM and entrenched government do nothing but become an extension of the new administration that completely dispenses with the notion of investigative journalism and actively advocates for the administration's policies.
Additionally, any alternate news sources are immediately dismissed as the lunatic fringe conspiracy theorists that need to be actively ignored. They kidnap the daughter of Xenophilius Lovegood and murder Andrew Breitbart in order to suppress the horrific truths about the entrenched bureaucracy. Upon the realization that these "alternate" news sources still are maintaining a loyal following, they begin to use thugs to intimidate and disrupt their ability to produce a coherent message of resistance. (We got you Milo)
The Elites are evil and trying to push an agenda- and those that oppose them are destroyed
The physical manifestation of the Elites of the magical society are embodied in the families Malfoy and Black. Their juxtaposition throughout the story are extremely apparent throughout the series. The first time Harry arrives at Hogwarts and rejects Draco's assessment that "some wizarding families are better than others"; fully displaying that the hero of the story rejects the notion of elites and their ability to control society. Despite having been proven to be in league with HRC prior to his demise, Malfoy is allowed to continuing to influencing multiple institutions including Hogwarts in movie 2 and the ministry of magic courts in movie 5.
In contrast, the Black family had the generation Regulus and Sirius fight against the side of HRC, which led to the ruin and collapse of their family dynasty. Regulus Seth Rich Black was originally on the side of the Democrats, was killed when he switch sides by attempting to act upon timely information that he possessed that could be used against the Dark Lord, in the form of some emails (lets assume a usb "Locket") that contained a part of her soul. Despite the best efforts of the Dark Lord, the information persisted and was ultimately a central tool that our heroes used to vanquish the Dark Lord. Sirius was unfortunately branded a traitor and thrown in jail despite his unwavering support of good against the side of evil. Even after extensive evidence to the contrary, the government and MSM used his personality as a catch all for all of the negative issues and trends that they were withholding from society. With Seth Rich's death and Sirius' banishment, the entire lineage was destroyed and the dynasty of house Black, which had existed since the founding of the magical world, was ended. George Soros Malfoy's support of an evil losing cause was more profitable than the Black Family's successful defense of the correct side of history.
The unfair use of the court systems to prevent challenges to the status quo
In Harry Potter (5-OP), Harry is unfairly dragged before a full scale inquiry in court at the Ministry of Magic because of his use of the patronus charm to save himself and his adopted brother from the horrible fate of having their soul sucked from their body. In spite of the full legality to use of the magic of firearms in self defense, the Ministry of Magic uses the incident to perpetrate a serious miscarriage of justice.
Because the evil Elite - in the form of George Soros Malfoy- have required the courts, which he has purchased by means of his political contributions to people that appoint people to high level government positions, to hold this inquiry despite its obvious illegality. During the case in question, the judges display a complete unwillingness to address the facts of the specific case, instead they rely on the tactics of quickly and without notice changing the parliamentary procedure as to when an the proceedings occur and the jurisdiction over which the rulings can impact. Eventually the head justice describes how the laws need to be changed if necessary. The established government, realizing that their power was being indirectly challenged, attempts to use the court systems to purposely obfuscate a clear precedent and written rule of law. Only after the entirety of the highest court in the land met to discuss the issue, was the correct verdict achieved.
Harry Potter is President Trump, the bravest person to go against the media and all of government with little help.
Whaddaya know, I still have this bookmarked.
Harry Potter is a great allegory that subconsciously primed a generation of kids that like reading that our side is the correct one. The fact that it was created unwittingly by the tremendously liberal Rowling only furthers the beauty of the work. Just as Fake News is an example of using the power of their own words against the bastion of liberalism, so too can the works of Harry Potter draw powerful parallels to our cause. Here are a number of similarities between this clear work of fiction and the actual political environment. In spite of the author's hopes, she wrote a prescient description of the political environment that provides a blueprint of faith to be followed by the individual in the overwhelming face of bureaucratic oppression.
The Faith in the individual to overcome a corrupt System
Perhaps the biggest and central message of the Harry Potter series is the power of the individual over the collective. In this way, the series is a modern day recreation of the Fountainhead only told in the genre of childhood fiction. The story is largely about the the willingness of a traditional family group and an extraordinary white male to give their lives for an ordinary child. Because of the heroic efforts, a child without any extraordinary abilities can overcome the entirety of the government, main stream media, and the most powerful dark wizards of all time by having an unwavering faith in the goodness of himself, his friends, and his hero. The heroes of the series at one point have to disguise their true selves using the Project Veritaserum (Polyjuice) potion order to infiltrate the central government's halls of power only to be horrified that it is being used to disseminate information about "undesirables (deplorables)" to the general public, create new teaching materials to be distributed to Hogwarts in order to indoctrinate children, and the corrupt government is so far removed from the populace that they have built monuments displaying the government's power over the helpless. If you were to distill the central difference between conservative ideology and liberal ideology, it is that it is not the power of the group in which western society draws its strength, but rather the power of the singular individual to enact great change. A group doesn't make a meme, an individual does that is shared by the group. The entirety of the set of books is a widespread display of the worst aspects of communist/socialist ideologies and their applications in government; and the ability of individuals to successfully defeat these ideologies through faith and determination.
The ministry of magic interferes at Hogwarts in order to indoctrinate children and teach nothing
The central government attempts to usurp the role of educators by installing a teacher who hates kids and is solely motivated by increasing the ministry's power over education. This is first achieved by installing a centrally planned (common core) curriculum that is immediately derided by the students as being designed to prevent the students from learning how to think as well as learning how to defend themselves. Eventually, the Ministry decides to take over the entirety of the administration of the school and institute a number of questionable rulings designed to increase the ability of the central government to institute behavioral compliance on the population at a young age, with particular emphasis on physical contact and self expression. The evil students of the story are given medals and participation awards for their willingness to accept and enforce the new policies, while the heroes of our story create a rebel underground that cling to the moral code of the previous generations despite heavy and constant censorship and persecution. The message is clear, that common core is evil that it prevents the teaching of independent thought, and that the Federal government is consistently acting in the direct disinterest of the children of the country. The best type of education is left to people that have devoted their lives to teaching kids, rather than government bureaucrats. One of the kids even chooses a toad as a pet.
The MSM-Daily Prophet being a mouthpiece of the entrenched bureaucracy
Throughout the series the main news source of the magical world is known as "the Daily Prophet" and is used as a mouthpiece of the elites and the entrenched bureaucracy to prevent challenges to the status quo. This begins with the overwhelming negative press that is consistently thrown at Dumbledore. Beginning in the second movie, the MSM besmirch Dumbledore's reputation in an effort to install a headmaster that is more malleable to the wishes of the "elites" (who happened to be siding with the dark lord) despite no evidence of his involvement in the Chamber of Secrets Plot and no reasonable solution regarding his replacement. Regardless, "help will always be given in America who those who ask for it" is an enduring message for those faced with the oppressive power of the bureaucracy. As the series progressed, the threat to the MSM and lifelong politicians' power becomes more obvious, and they begin using every ounce of their influence in order to sway public opinion against the hero of our story. The MSM begins by repeatedly and falsely accusing him of lying and dishonesty, and eventually devolve into just calling people that disagree with them "undesirables/ Deplorables". Once the evil forces that are threatening the magical world come to power, the MSM and entrenched government do nothing but become an extension of the new administration that completely dispenses with the notion of investigative journalism and actively advocates for the administration's policies.
Additionally, any alternate news sources are immediately dismissed as the lunatic fringe conspiracy theorists that need to be actively ignored. They kidnap the daughter of Xenophilius Lovegood and murder Andrew Breitbart in order to suppress the horrific truths about the entrenched bureaucracy. Upon the realization that these "alternate" news sources still are maintaining a loyal following, they begin to use thugs to intimidate and disrupt their ability to produce a coherent message of resistance. (We got you Milo)
The Elites are evil and trying to push an agenda- and those that oppose them are destroyed
The physical manifestation of the Elites of the magical society are embodied in the families Malfoy and Black. Their juxtaposition throughout the story are extremely apparent throughout the series. The first time Harry arrives at Hogwarts and rejects Draco's assessment that "some wizarding families are better than others"; fully displaying that the hero of the story rejects the notion of elites and their ability to control society. Despite having been proven to be in league with HRC prior to his demise, Malfoy is allowed to continuing to influencing multiple institutions including Hogwarts in movie 2 and the ministry of magic courts in movie 5. In contrast, the Black family had the generation Regulus and Sirius fight against the side of HRC, which led to the ruin and collapse of their family dynasty. Regulus Seth Rich Black was originally on the side of the Democrats, was killed when he switch sides by attempting to act upon timely information that he possessed that could be used against the Dark Lord, in the form of some emails (lets assume a usb "Locket") that contained a part of her soul. Despite the best efforts of the Dark Lord, the information persisted and was ultimately a central tool that our heroes used to vanquish the Dark Lord. Sirius was unfortunately branded a traitor and thrown in jail despite his unwavering support of good against the side of evil. Even after extensive evidence to the contrary, the government and MSM used his personality as a catch all for all of the negative issues and trends that they were withholding from society. With Seth Rich's death and Sirius' banishment, the entire lineage was destroyed and the dynasty of house Black, which had existed since the founding of the magical world, was ended. George Soros Malfoy's support of an evil losing cause was more profitable than the Black Family's successful defense of the correct side of history.
The unfair use of the court systems to prevent challenges to the status quo
In Harry Potter (5-OP), Harry is unfairly dragged before a full scale inquiry in court at the Ministry of Magic because of his use of the patronus charm to save himself and his adopted brother from the horrible fate of having their soul sucked from their body. In spite of the full legality to use of the magic of firearms in self defense, the Ministry of Magic uses the incident to perpetrate a serious miscarriage of justice. Because the evil Elite - in the form of George Soros Malfoy- have required the courts, which he has purchased by means of his political contributions to people that appoint people to high level government positions, to hold this inquiry despite its obvious illegality. During the case in question, the judges display a complete unwillingness to address the facts of the specific case, instead they rely on the tactics of quickly and without notice changing the parliamentary procedure as to when an the proceedings occur and the jurisdiction over which the rulings can impact. Eventually the head justice describes how the laws need to be changed if necessary. The established government, realizing that their power was being indirectly challenged, attempts to use the court systems to purposely obfuscate a clear precedent and written rule of law. Only after the entirety of the highest court in the land met to discuss the issue, was the correct verdict achieved.
Harry Potter is President Trump, the bravest person to go against the media and all of government with little help.