Harry Potter update

More proof that this little urchin is evil — in this case, "a summary of the social and educational aims of neoliberal capitalism":

We have, then, an invasion of neoliberal stereotypes in a fairy tale. The fictional universe of Harry Potter offers a caricature of the excesses of the Anglo-Saxon social model: under a veneer of regimentation and traditional rituals, Hogwarts is a pitiless jungle where competition, violence and the cult of winning run riot.

Ilias Yocaris, in Le Monde, courtesy of the New York Times.

Via Gnostical Turpitude.