• blue@diagonlemmyOPMA
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    9 months ago

    At least Harry got a huge amount of money from his parents, he wouldn’t need to worry. Money plays a big role in the wizarding world. If you have money, many doors open, if not … then not. Apparantly, some economics even tried to analyze it in a study called “Potterian economics”: https://academic.oup.com/ooec/article/doi/10.1093/ooec/odac004/6646895

    Turned out the wizarding world is not much better than ours in this regard :(

    • blue@diagonlemmyOPMA
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      69 months ago

      Ah, there it is: " The wizards’ education system is publicly financed. It gives the students basic training and ensures that all wizards graduate with knowledge that allows them to find a job."

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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      29 months ago

      If you have money then you can be working with the literal devil of your world, everyone knows it, and they still let you retain your power and influence.

    • @Alexstarfire@lemmy.world
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      29 months ago

      It didn’t seem better in almost any regard. One exception might be having GIFs work on printed paper. The other I can think of is making things bigger on the inside.

      Man, and with a time turner and being able to apparate they can create a makeshift TARDIS.

    • @lugal@lemmy.ml
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      29 months ago

      True. I have seen leftist critics of Harry Potter pointing out how neoliberal it is. Funny but not surprising that neoliberals like it.

      • blue@diagonlemmyOPMA
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        39 months ago

        I woulnd’t necessarily call it neoliberal. Sure, money plays a crucial role but the ministry of magic has huge influence and schools are also in the public hand

        • @Telodzrum@lemmy.world
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          19 months ago

          It’s only called neoliberal because leftists have two labels for things they don’t like – neoliberal and fascist.