taelor comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 24, chapter 95 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: taelor 19 July 2013 03:57:51PM *  2 points [-]

This hypothesis would predict political unity between US and Canadian Wizards (same language, similar culture, divided by an arbitrary line drawn by muggles as a result of a series of conflicts that wizards probably don't care about). Does anyone remember hearing anything in Rowling!canon or MoR!canon about an independent magical Canada existing?

Edit: on further consideration, what it would actually predict would be unity between US and anglophone Canadian; if I recall my history right, the union of French and English speaking Canadians was also a result of muggle conflicts that wizards wouldn't care about.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 19 July 2013 06:02:07PM 0 points [-]

British, US, and Canadian wizards?

On the other hand, in the modern world where wizards want to manage governments, muggle boundaries matter to some extent.