Chapter 501 A life in a sea of ​​suffering

Parents cannot hear what teachers say in class, and sometimes they may include some private information. This is why Voldemort is not allowed to become the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher.

What he advocates is pure bloodism. Compared with him, what the Carlo brothers and sisters do is much clumsy, and everyone can tell the difference.

The classroom is not a political arena, but Umbridge brought Fudge's illusion of "business as usual" into the classroom, leaving Harry isolated and helpless, and preventing Hogwarts students from using their wands.

The Defense Against the Dark Arts course in a magic school teaches students how to resist when encountering bad guys. If students are not allowed to practice and only have theory, they will end up "talking on paper" and unable to protect themselves and their families.

Anarchy can happen at any time. Maybe you will meet a robber at the next street corner. He has ignored the law when he robbed. There are only two people. If you call for help, there may not be a policeman or Auror who will come immediately.

You can only protect your personal safety by yourself, and learning magic is for this purpose.

If Harry didn't have to call on the Guardians to protect himself and Dudley from the Dementors, the Ministry of Magic's Aurors would have to collect the corpses when they arrived. He clearly had the power but couldn't use it to defend himself, just like he had piles of corpses at home.

of flour but starving to death.

If Umbridge's method completely deviates from the purpose of education and serves politics, it may teach a group of docile and obedient students. The Ministry of Magic does not rule wizards, but exists to maintain the International Law of Secrecy.

Muggle ways have been brought to the wizarding world.

The all-boarding school defense camp in northern Scotland is no longer open to the public once it opens, and you can only go to Hogsmeade on fixed Saturdays.

American consumerism has spread all over the world. The "special medicine" invented during the Great Depression to stimulate consumption is drinking poison to quench thirst. Christian ethics and moral values ​​can curb the sins of human nature in the early days of capitalism and ensure that capitalism will not be driven by the pursuit of profit.

Transformed and headed for destruction, swallowed up by selfish desires.

However, in the 1920s, people's desires were no longer restrained. Consumerism advocated the pursuit of conspicuousness, luxury and novelty in consumption, as well as the pursuit of unrestrained material enjoyment, entertainment and hedonism, in order to seek the satisfaction of personal desires.

Children love novelty the most. They are very curious. Building the school in the wilderness far away from the city and commercial streets can isolate the children from the flashy world. They can study with peace of mind and concentrate on learning instead of living in the past.

Learn early to enjoy life and multitask, and not concentrate on learning skills at all.

A consumerist society taps into people's desires and creates novel ideas that people keep spending money on.

Energy and money are useless. St. Mungo's Hospital in the Wizarding World is completely run by donations. All the money is used to research and treat incurable diseases. The reason why the Gaunt family is in ruins is because they pay special attention to luxury and luxury.

Pomp and circumstance, they were once quite wealthy, but by the time Tom Riddle came along, they had no money either.

Nietzsche said that the reason why some people live in isolation is to avoid gangsters. He really doesn't want to drink well water, share fruit and fire with them.

Stay away from those materialistic people and stay kind and innocent. People in the wizarding world are not as "smart" and cold-blooded as Muggles. Even Slytherins are not as calculating as Muggles.

On the contrary, mixed-blood wizards, such as Lockhart, Severus, Voldemort and even Muggle-born Hermione, are more calculating than pure-blood wizards. Lucius Malfoy has been dealing with Muggles all year round. It is estimated that Fudge's method is to suppress Albus.

That's what he taught.

But it is precisely because Hogwarts is isolated from the outside world that parents do not know what is going on in the school. If the naysayers had not revealed it, parents would not have known what the Ministry of Magic had done to their children.

Today's Transfiguration journals have published many methods for making Muggle alarms. To make this thing, you need to defend against Muggles. As a result, the opposition between wizards and Muggles has arisen.

Transfiguration Today is a magazine that both Albus and Minerva once compiled. In the public perception, it should be a white magic publication. People without the ability to discern can easily be brainwashed.

The concept of right and wrong taught by the teacher is not necessarily correct. Harry was led to a dead end by Albus Dumbledore and "sacrificed for the greater good". He was only 17 years old at the time and was still a minor in the Muggle world.

Man, he has no parents around him, not even his godfather. He is alone and helpless, and he will do stupid things as soon as he is bewitched by the elders.

He is Voldemort's last Horcrux and must be destroyed. No one will question Albus Dumbledore's authoritative conclusion. If Harry does not die himself, he will be sent to death by those who fear Voldemort.

It seems easy for Muggles to rule wizards. The premise is that they can find where the entrance to the magical world is. Even if they spend all their money, most Muggles will be like the kings in fairy tales and never come into contact with real wizards in their lives. Instead, they will

He was deceived by charlatans pretending to be wizards and alchemists.

Real wizards want to stay away from Muggles, but Muggles are desperately looking for wizards, trying to get the elixir of immortality, the Philosopher's Stone. Even if someone says that the Philosopher's Stone is obtained by sacrificing human life, he still believes it, because Niccolòme

It was during the spread of the Black Death that the Philosopher's Stone was made.

After making so much money, why not buy anything? American historians pointed out in the book "Promoting the American Dream" that although social wealth is in the hands of a small group of people at the top of society, ordinary people can still imitate and copy.

The upper class obtains a certain sense of satisfaction and identity through their consumption methods. In a society where consumerism is rampant, all classes are trapped in it regardless of their income level.

American cultural critic Paul Fussell pointed out that the poor, without exception, have a high respect for advertising and trademarks. This is because their mastery of consumer knowledge allows them to associate themselves with the halo of goods in advertising.

Together.

Just as people in the Middle Ages were shrouded in the holy light of Christian theology and felt that belief in God would lead to happiness. Only when a great plague broke out and almost wiped out Europe did people wake up from their daydreams and start to look at the use of wealth rationally.

If everyone could make the broad-acting antidote, they wouldn't be selling 32 Galleons a reagent. Similarly, if everyone could make the wolfsbane silver bullet, Muggles and Chinese would not need to buy it with silver.

Knowledge is power, knowledge is wealth, knowledge is power.

Chinese people attach great importance to rankings. This emphasis has become a brainwashing trap. Is the ranking list of famous schools around the world real and not suspected of fraud? Can’t the so-called authority be questioned?

When interests are involved, capitalists dare to trample all laws. Aristotle ran away when faced with a powerless threat. Literati have always lacked courage.

In this torrent of collective unconsciousness, individual voices will be ignored, and even ridiculed and abused.

Others are going to good universities and finding good jobs, so what are you doing?

Therefore, the real situation is much worse than in the laboratory. Only a few people can study quietly in an impetuous society. Only by staying away from the city and building schools in the mountains and wilderness can we avoid those who are only interested in profit.

Oxford and Cambridge used to be far away from London. As the number of students increased and the towns continued to expand, they became more and more prosperous and full of noisy tourists.

Poison does not necessarily mean sending blankets with smallpox virus, but it may also mean words and deeds that are full of specious lies.

Chinese people love to grow rice. Rice is grown backwards. The water in the paddy fields is like a mirror, reflecting the prosperity of the world. It seems that the scenery is infinite, but in fact it is all in vain.

Planting rice upside down may seem like a step back, but it is actually a step forward, because everything in front of you is rice seedlings, and after careful nurturing, they will become edible food when mature.

There is no limit to the sea of ​​suffering, but when you turn around, you will find the shore again. If you take a step back, the sky will be brighter. As a human being, you should undoubtedly stick to your inner principles and the nobility deep in your heart. You should not compromise easily or even betray your conscience just because you succumb to pressure or covet material gains.

, when one's fame, wealth or material interests are harmed or there is a conflict between one's personal interests and others, if one can make a generous step back, it is not only not cowardice, but also a manifestation of great tolerance.

Of course, no one would listen to such nonsense, so the Buddha could only watch all sentient beings shed tears.

"What did you just do?"

Severus asked him when they were eating in a Chinese restaurant. This restaurant actually put a shining golden Buddha statue in the lobby, which almost blinded people's eyes.

"We watched a movie." She said perfunctorily. Hong Kong movies are really becoming more and more open. The first part of Infernal Affairs was okay, but the second one had some ethical scenes. It was awkward when she and Ma Youjuan watched it together.

Extremely.

"Just watched a movie?" He squinted his eyes and asked word by word.

"Really I just watched a movie. Oh, we also discussed the topic of yin and yang. They felt that selfless dedication of oneself is a great spirit, but if one does not take care of one's own health, even the sun will fall early..."

"Who are they?" he asked reluctantly.

"Buddha and Mr. Zhang, I think it was said in the Diamond Sutra that all good men and women with philanthropic intentions should calm their hearts before helping others. By extension, they should be healthy before dedicating themselves to society and others."

"When did you meet Zhang?"

"The EMI Building is a cinema, and Zhang also likes to watch movies. Is there anything strange about meeting him in a public place?"

He stared at her without speaking.

"Do you think Zhang would go to a place controlled by Hongmen to watch a movie?"

"Why not?"

"There is a proverb in China that if people of different minds don't work together, they can't come together." He said with a stiff face, "I hate you lying to me."

She wanted to say that she didn't lie.

"I'm sorry." She whispered.

"I don't want to send people to follow you. You can tell me what you did and I won't be angry."

Pomona looked at the "angry" Snape and finally told him what happened yesterday and today.

She really doesn't seem to be good at lying, a skill that requires the use of brains. As expected, pretending to be stupid is best for a Hufflepuff fool like her.
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