I don't belong at this table. I should be at the table at the end. Have I not done enough?

My mum is

"Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.  Our principle is that the party commands the gun, and the gun should never be allowed to control the party."

Through isolation, censorship, and the spreading of false information, the Carrows have tried to make us believe in a constructed reality.  They and the Daily Prophet has kept us ignorant of the world outside. They Carrows have punished those who deviate from their reality and instilled fear in the rest of us.  They've already tried to pass Snape off as the best Headmaster Hogwarts has ever seen.  Next, they'll try to convince us we love the Carrows.  Alright, Anthony, I'm through with the fascist comparisons.  This came from the other end of the spectrum, a throwback to Communist propaganda that proves that extremism in any form is essentially the same.  They tried to do this in Russia, they're doing this in China.  They're not going to do it here.

Ignorance + Fear = Obedience.  If we take away either of the two, the other follows, and control crumbles.  We do not accept the administration's created reality, and we are not afraid.

I think I've caught a bit of whatever was going around.  I've been feeling under the weather all day and sneezing all afternoon.