In the world of Harry Potter, rules are for the little people. The “wisest” adult, headmaster Albus Dumbledore, showers magical gifts and indulgences on his favorites and lets them break every rule because they are so special, better than all others. How come they are so much better? Well, the general awesomeness and favoriteness of Harry Potter and his friends is mostly arbitrary, the result of the chosenness itself, rather than of effort or application.

Harry Potter and the Incredibly Conservative Aristocratic Children’s Club | The Awl

Hi, welcome to the reasons I loathe this series and am totally baffled why so many people — who would otherwise fall all over themselves to advocate for liberal/SJ causes — idolize it.

Then again, I didn’t grow up with it; I read the first one when I was about seventeen, and the majority of the books came out while I was studying political science at university (I slogged through them because I was into Snarry slash at the time). The undercurrent of conservative politics and apparent complete ignorance of the actual workings of power and governance threw me right off, even more so than the godawful writing.

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