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== Harry Potter is intended to advertise libertarian viewpoints ==
Umbridge's time in Hogwarts showed clearly that governmental influence in private education is bad. The ministry of magic itself is described as rather sinister place, schemeing to reach obedience via surveillance. Reliable news only come from the Quibbler, not the Daily Prophet, which appears to be a wizarding world equivalent of the Pravda. My fiance believes this is indication enough that Rowling is libertarian.
* Benjamin Barton, a University of Tennessee law professor, [https://web.archive.org/web/20070810010003/http://www.michiganlawreview.org/archive/104/6/Barton.pdf agrees]. If you don't feel like reading the whole thing, Barton's basic point is that the Ministry is a self-serving bureaucracy with no checks or balances and the main characters seem to have little use for it.
* Unlikely, though, because J. K. Rowling has consistently supported the Labour Party.
== All major female characters are author avatars ==
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Because the [[Metal Gear|Patriots]] don't want American children to be thinking too much about Philosophers.
 
== The Mauraders are a stand-in for [[The Beatles (band)|The Beatles]] ==
Think about it. There were four of them, and James kind of resembles John Lennon, they were broken up, and two of them died by the end of the series.
* But the Marauders weren't broken up by Lily. Nonetheless, this is ''always'' how I imagine ''Come Together''.
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