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> Then he described the titular character as, essentially, a special snowflake that doesn't have to work for anything or figure anything out.

Harry literally has a scar marking him as the chosen one, abused by muggle caretakers and unjustly persecuted by his teachers only to triumph over unspeakable evil via hereditary magical powers..

> And if that's Zeihan's understanding of Harry Potter, I can only assume his understanding of the CCP's thirty-year plan is comparable.

Hell heath no fury like a fandom scorned.

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You can argue that, but this would already be more deep analysis than described in your parent. I heard this take several times, and it’s basically “harry is a wizard, i. e. a superhero capable of anything, therefore, millenials want to gain everything without any effort, as if by magic”.

The “chosen one” trope is different. You can argue that Harry-Potter-raised people think of themselves as chosen, but it’s an old trope. You can as well say that all christian world is raised on it :)

To quote William Shatner to a room full of Trekkies: "Its just a TV show, get a life, losers". Good grief. :P

He made an off hand simile about your favorite childhood book you don't find accurate and therefore he is Voldemort incarnate and literally wrong about everything. You're really only proving his point.

If you say, in all ernestness that my favourite maths equation; 1+1 equals 436 then I can reasonably judge you.

That doesnt make me a triggered little maths fan boy, it makes you an idiot.

> If you say, in all ernestness that my favourite maths equation; 1+1 equals 436 then I can reasonably judge you.

> That doesnt make me a triggered little maths fan boy, it makes you an idiot.

Toucheous Grassous!

Isn't the point here not that Zeihan has the wrong idea about Harry Potter, but that Zeihan has certain conclusions he wants to draw and will force every bit of evidence until it allows him to draw those conclusions? It's really not about Harry Potter at all: to get caught up on the Harry Potter (mis)analogy just because it has a fanbase is really not getting to the meat of the argument.

> scar marking him as the chosen one

which mostly acts as a target cross

> abused by muggle caretakers

many children have grown and are growing up in less than ideal condition

> unjustly persecuted by his teachers

very little so, actually. Most of the penalties were well-earned.

> hereditary magical powers

which he shares with most people in the setting.

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