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That channel had a similar back and forth with badempanada if anyone is curious. I don’t remember the exact details but the video was something about downplaying climate collapse so I think their source of funding is red herring because regardless of where it comes from, they push out ridiculously bourgeois propaganda.
Yeah there is definitely a psychological element that pervades culturally. For example, for wisdom tooth removal, in most cases you don’t need general anaesthesia. Local anaesthesia suffices. But in the US at least general anaesthesia is chosen when it is not required. I am not sure if it is because people are scared of being operated while still being awake and aware, or if dentists (most of which are essentially small businesses) are doing it to milk more money out of people.
Most insane part for me is that the US gives zero fucks about this. Wealthy European countries at least have a facade with major cities having public transit and infratructure for bikes and things like that whereas the USA looks like it is making every citizen contribute to speedrunning climate collapse.
Due to World Bank’s and IMF’s designs a lot of poor countries are dependent of foreign aid for food. Practices used by Western Big Ag are unsustainable so it feels like the food basket for a large portion of the world is on a knife’s edge and will tip over with a single major weather event.
I actually Googled this and read some answers on Quora and Reddit. They say that the Weasley father worked in a department related to investigating objects ruled by muggles which was looked down upon and he did not get along with Draco Malfoy’s father and one more Ministry figure whose name I can’t recall. He was the sole breadwinner and had many children because of which he was poor. No one knows why the mother despite being a decently talented witch does not work. So it just looks like they are poor for the plot. Same reason why Harry does not use his inherited wealth to help Ron and his family, depsite them taking care of him as he were a part of the family. They are poor because they were meant to be poor. It is not because of any injustice. Some people are rich and some people are poor and the poors should just accept it and embrace the cutesy quaint and rustic aeathetic that comes with being poor.
It’s not exclusive to HP but in it not describing the epistemology leaves a hole noticeably larger than other franchises.
In Witcher 3 for example there is magic but its much more limited in scope. There are kings and queens with armies so you can guess the class structure of the society.
In HP the reaches of magic are like Calvinball where it doesn’t follow any rules and just does whatever the author felt like. A young girl has access to a handy widget that can turn back time with no side effects at all. HP is extremely poorly thought out.
Thank you so much