Eminent Domain

I found a link on Prof. Bainbridge's blog to an article by Professor Benjamin Barton which claims that the Harry Potter book series is libertarian propaganda. I haven't read any of the Harry Potter books, but I have seen the first three movies. Obviously, I'm getting a much more condensed version of the Potter world in the movies, but I still see some of the points. The abstract states...

The first is that Rowling presents a government (The Ministry of Magic) that is 100% bureaucracy. There is no discernible executive or legislative branch, and no elections. There is a modified judicial function, but it appears to be completely dominated by the bureaucracy, and certainly does not serve as an independent check on governmental excess.

From what I've seen in the movies, this is true. The Ministry of Magic is totally bureaucractic, a libertarian's nightmare.

I'm going to read through the article during the day and see if I'm really convinced. There is a warning at the beginning that there are a lot of plot spoilers in the footnotes, so that should make up for my lack of familiarity with the text. I hope it's true and I hope it sticks. This country could use more people who aren't in love with big government poorly providing services in inefficient ways for extremely high costs.