All this time you think you’ve been reading a kids book, right?

The fact is, the kids, the series, is an allegory for conservatism/libertarianism. No matter what you may think of the series, here it is in a nutshell: Hogwarts teaches magic. The magic conservative kids are taught is reason. Hogwarts requires kids not to use magic outside the classroom. Conservative kids are taught to keep their talents to themself, so as to make it through the “normal” educational system without ridicule.

Order of the Phoenix drove the message home more than ever. Freedom and decency are good. “Ministry” interference is bad. Blindness to the truth is bad. Can it be any clearer?