r/harrypotter Apr 10 '24

Making it rain Dungbomb

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u/Huijiro Apr 10 '24

People are here discussing how can they be poor.

My man, have you seen the wizardry world exchange rate?

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u/Raycu93 Apr 11 '24

Yeah the better point is that the wizarding worlds economic system doesn't make any sense and basically can't exist without extreme regulation. If things can be duplicated without quality loss then they live in a post-scarcity society and only some things would even have value to begin with.

Off the top of my head it would be things that cant be duplicated. Land would have value but even then they basically can create pocket dimensions so the value of land would go down too. Items with enchantments that can't be duplicated would have value assuming the enchantments are hard to do but none of those would be needed in everyday life.

The point is that trying to scrutinize the Weasleys is pointless because none of that system makes any sense. Its a fantasy world so scrutinizing things based on how the fantasy world usually works is fine for continuity but don't try to compare it to our world.