posted on Oct, 17 2011 @ 02:23 AM
reply to post by robomont
JK Rowling has simply been playing off of common tropes throughout the Harry Potter series, as well as injecting a bit of social commentary as well.
A really basic example would be the whole "mudblood" name and the "Pure blood" families that run throughout the series, which of course is just
basic social commentary on racism and elitism.
In this same way, throughout the Harry Potter series (huge fan, i grew up with these books), JK Rowling definitely uses the theme of corruption, and
the injustice that a corrupt government, and the fear it forces upon it's society, must be fought against at all will, even if they try to make you
out to be a loony. (Ministry of Magic not running any news articles on Voldemort's return/casting Harry as a crackpot)
So while I don't see it as a conspiracy, i will definitely say that when i was in 5-6th grade, around the time i started reading Order of the
Phoenix, the book really made me take a closer look at my own government, and actually got me to start healthily questioning authority. This of
course being a parallel to the 5th book, which is when the Ministry of Magic truly emerges as an enemy. That book has many parallels to reality, such
as how the ministry starts interfering with Hogwarts, sending in "Officials" and setting up ridiculous rules and laws that transform school from a
healthy learning environment into a prison-like system of indoctrination (the good students being punished for questioning why the Ministry is
interfering, whilst the Slytherin kids are receiving medals for ratting people out.)
Sorry for the long post, when it comes to Harry Potter I rend to ramble. TL;DR: I think the word you're looking for is "allegory", not so much a
conspiracy.