3. Harry Potter Harry Potter Franchise
...thats the Elder Wand, the most powerful wand in the world. With that, youd be invincible While Harry Potter is mostly apolitical (hes a kid, after all), we can surmise some of his potential political beliefs from his actions. First and foremost, he is anti-authoritarian and distrustful of those in power. Throughout the Harry Potter series, Harrys battle with Voldemort is consistently exacerbated by the incompetence of the Ministry of Magic. While she is no ally of Voldemort, the well-meaning bureaucrat Dolores Umbridge is one of the series more effective antagonists. Harry commits acts of civil disobedience, beginning with breaking some of Hogwarts school rules, and later escalating into acts of treason. His greatest act of rebellion may be in Order of the Phoenix, when he forms an illegal militia, and sets about training his fellow students to defend themselves, at a time when the Ministry of Magic seeks to effectively disarm them. Interestingly, in these lessons he elects to teach his army how to stun their opponents, rather than to kill - and in Deathly Hallows, when he destroys the Elder Wand but to keep his Invisibility Cloak, he demonstrates an adherence to the non aggression principle, which is, to only use force in self-defence. Libertarianism is often broken into being civil freedoms, and fiscal freedoms. We thankfully do not learn anything of Harry Potters theories on economics, but there may be a parallel between magic in these books, and technology in our lives. Many technological advances, delivered to us in large part by industry, have made its innovators tremendously wealthy, but has also improved the lives of consumers. Similarly, magic in the world of Harry Potter has improved the lives of all wizards. Even the Weasleys, who we are constantly reminded are poor, live a lifestyle which is, from the perspective of a muggle, lavish and idyllic. Even Bill Gates would give his left nut for that flying car. Also coincidentally, as is proposed by many Libertarians, the wizarding world of Harry Potter does seem to have resource-backed money, in the form of gold and silver coins. While it is highly speculative to say that Harry Potter is of any political persuasion, his distrust in centralised power, even centralised power in his own hands, is a cornerstone of libertarianism.