Comments by "Radagast" (@radagast7200) on "Hogwarts Would Fail Its Ofsted Inspection" video.

Rowling didn't understand economics... at all. She also didn't understand sports... as is evidenced by her Broom sport. She does seem to have a grasp on the Arthurian Legends though. Harry's origin story (dead parents and raised by abusive aunt and uncle and spoiled cousin) is one of Arthur's origin stories in Mallory's translation of the Winchester manuscript.
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@Niyucuatro I remember Peterson talking about that. I found it interesting. It's definitely more of a metaphor that a sport.
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@marcz2903 that's definitely her strength. I read Harry Potter as a kid and then got into Arthurian Legends later (I'm in the States and they don't delve into that much) and I found it wild how little the Arthurian connection are mentioned by her fans. I mean, Harry has an invisibility cloak that is almost Arthur's mantle to a tee. As to the roman connections, McGonagall first name in Minerva which is the roman version of Athena. And Albus is a roman word that means something like 'bright white' or something if I remember right. And Sirius is the name of the brightest star, which is in the Canis Major constellation (or great dog).
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@seabreeze4559 it's a retelling on the Arthurian Legends.
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@marcz2903 that's an interesting theory. It being some deviation of a military exercise makes a lot of sense. But it might just be that many sports are sort of military in nature and Rowling needed a sport. I actual found a quote (just glancing over Wikipedia) where she says "I had been pondering the things that hold a society together, cause it to congregate and signify its particular character and knew I needed a sport."
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