• quarrk [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    7 months ago

    Americans hate individuals in government, believing that if it weren’t for [Specific Partisan] the US government would finally align with their dreams and everything would be way better than China ever could be. But it’s just because the wrong people are in power — the power structure itself is not to be questioned.

    This is the same issue with the Harry Potter books, as Shaun points out in his video. Rowling is herself a major neoliberal, so she can’t write realistic villains (Voldemort) nor solve the systemic evils of the fucked up, racist, and discriminatory Wizarding World. Her solutions are all to remove the problematic individuals and stop short of systemic change. Harry decides near the end that

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    he wants to be an auror

    lmao.