Exetera comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 17, chapter 86 - Less Wrong

9 Post author: Alsadius 17 December 2012 07:19AM

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Comment author: Exetera 17 December 2012 08:12:14PM 15 points [-]

Remember that, in canon, Voldemort does indeed take over the Ministry with a few Imperiuses and a few assassinations.

Comment author: moridinamael 17 December 2012 08:14:33PM 17 points [-]

I think this is more Eliezer once again obliquely making fun of how shallowly Rowling imagined her own universe, that its government could be broken by essentially any individual wizard of moderate power.

Comment author: FiftyTwo 17 December 2012 10:59:28PM 3 points [-]

Well, and the fact he had support form a number of rich high ranking people and his own terrorist group to deal with any resistance after the fact.