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Pottering towards the new socialist state
Roger Scruton looks at the impact of Harry Potter on our world view.
"People are starting to live in a kind of cyber-Hogwarts", he says, "a fantasy world in which goods are simply obtained by needing them, and then asking some future Prime Minister to wave the magic wand".
Producer: Adele Armstrong.
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Roger Scruton looks at the impact of Harry Potter on our world view.
"People are starting to live in a kind of cyber-Hogwarts", he says, "a fantasy world in which goods are simply obtained by needing them, and then asking some future Prime Minister to wave the magic wand".
Producer: Adele Armstrong.
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