## Harry Potter and The Magic of Objectivism

* Author: u/okaycat *
* URL: http://the-toast.net/2014/05/27/ayn-rands-harry-potter-sorcerers-stone/
* Score: 22

* Created: 2014-08-06T18:50:26

### Post:

[Link to content](http://the-toast.net/2014/05/27/ayn-rands-harry-potter-sorcerers-stone/)

### Comments:

> **u/alexanderwales** [+10]  *Time flies like an arrow* (45 minutes later)
> 
> Just in case no one was aware of this reddit functionality, there's an ["other discussions"](http://www.reddit.com/r/rational/duplicates/2ct879/harry_potter_and_the_magic_of_objectivism/) link at the top of the page which will get you to the other discussions (naturally) like those posted at [/r/HPMOR](http://www.reddit.com/r/HPMOR/comments/26ua4g/ayn_rands_harry_potter_and_the_sorcerers_stone/). I found this a quite funny send up of both Ayn Rand's writing and the dark side of using fanfic to make an author tract, but your mileage may vary.

>> **u/ignirtoq** [+3]  (5 hours later)
>> 
>> Sadly this feature is unavailable in the Android mobile app, but thanks for the link!

> **u/ProfessorPhi** [+5]  (a day later)
> 
> For anyone who didn't notice it, she's done 4 of them, and the links are at the bottom. Or here:
> 
> http://the-toast.net/2014/05/27/ayn-rands-harry-potter-sorcerers-stone/
> 
> http://the-toast.net/2014/06/02/ayn-rands-harry-potter-chamber-secrets/
> 
> http://the-toast.net/2014/06/18/ayn-rands-harry-potter-prisoners-collectivism/
> 
> http://the-toast.net/2014/07/29/ayn-rands-harry-potter/

> **u/logrusmage** [+4]  (an hour later)
> 
> Disclaimer: I am partial to objectivism, and though I do not label myself an objectivist, I share a lot of beliefs with objectivism's core tenets.
> 
> That being said: This was pretty funny. I was worried it was going to be a parody of the shitty caricature the likes of Salon or HuffPo like to drag out and burn every so often. However, it had a least a few very barbs, mostly relating to Rand's writing style rather than her philosophy, that I found very funny.
> 
> One odd note: The fuck is with the SNAPE IS A JEW thing? The fact that this guy seems to associate the way Snape is described with Jews is what's wrong here, not that one of JK's archtypical characters has a typical description for said archtype, and archtype that many thorughout the years have associated with Jews (shiftyness).
> 
> It's just... weird. A hook nose is really the only part of Snape's description that can really be taken to imply Jewish heritage but even that's a stretch. 
> 
> Also, I really like the art. Silly name, but great art.

>> **u/None** [+1]  (14 hours later)
>> 
>> Jew here.  Roman nose (cue *Life of Brian* jokes... *now*).  The primary reason hooked noses became associated with Jews is because people kept breaking Jews' noses.

>>> **u/Eryemil** [+1]  (23 hours later)
>>> 
>>> Sounds like an urban myth, like the "rule of thumb".

>>>> **u/logrusmage** [+1]  (a day later)
>>>> 
>>>> Seconded. Seems much more likely that it's a stereotype because a lot of Jews have hook noses... I know quite a few of my relatives do.

>> **u/zdk** [+0]  (9 hours later)
>> 
>> Ayn Rand was Jewish so, maybe an homage..?

> **u/libertarian_reddit** [+0]  (2 hours later)
> 
> That made me laugh...

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