Crack and male prostitution are real. Magic is not, any more than light sabers, transformers, Spiderman, etc. I think most people realize that.
It’s fantasy, escapism. Yes, there is a serious side which you address, but it’s as far from Harry Potter as it is to “Bewitched” or “I Dream Of Jeanie”.
“Magic is not, any more than light sabers, transformers, Spiderman, etc. I think most people realize that.”
Occultism, and occultic power is VERY real. Harry Potter, for the most part, is not the real thing - but it exposes children to the occultic world and can create in them a desire for the real thing.