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JK Rowling literally wrote a slave caste that loves being in servitude. Even putting aside the transphobia of her most recent past, the Harry Potter books are not leftist friendly.
Ok, I hate that you are putting me in a position where I have to defend her TERFy ass but this is not a valid criticism.
The House Elves(the eponymous slaves you were referring to) were not in any way framed as a good thing. She went out of her way to make it abundantly clear that to any modern sensibility such a class system is abhorrent. You can have unsavory elements in your work of fiction as a vehicle for your characters' story arc and not be a piece of shit for it.
However, if you're a fucking TERF shitstain on Twitter, that's an entirely different kettle if fish and absolutely feel free to light her ass up on that. That and being coy about Dumbledore being gay. Should have been in the books and not implied only to be confirmed online. Absolute bullshit.
The less said about the bank goblins, the better.
This actually is a valid critique of the books and especially the films but honestly I don't think she was consciously targeting anyone intentionally. Though whether or not there was a subconscious component to her decision to describe the bank goblins the way she did is very worth debating.
I have half past four.
Ron literally makes fun of Hermione for wanting to free the slaves. But it's all good cause the slaves like being slaves. Imagine writing this into your children's book.
Because systemic slavery isn't reinforced by societal norms at all. And it's not like Ron came around and realized how wrong he was in thinking that way at the end in some crucial moment or anything. 😒
The concept of a species of intelligent creature that is naturally inclined to servitude and loves it is actually a very interesting concept. There's nothing wrong with exploring such a concept in a fictional setting.
Not that they were really explored in the Harry Potter books, but I could certainly see such an exploration being fascinating, since it is wrong to enslave a people and it is wrong to prevent them from doing what makes them happy and fulfilled...which happens to be serving.
Could have guessed that from the "isn't the traditional British schooling system just the best?" overarching plot line.