A pre-requisite for writing such a diatribe as this should be to at least read the subject matter to which one is referring to. If the author had read the Harry Potter books, he would discover that the protagonists in the book had nothing handed to them.
Harry Potter and his friends didn't just pick up their wands and wave them around as this piece implies. They had to undergo several years of intense studies at Hogwarts and a lot of practice to get to the point where they could even attempt the heroics described in the books. Not to mention the enormous obstacles and adversity that they had to contend with.
Yeah, it's only fiction, and children's fiction at that. But this author is r-e-a-l-l-y stretching here to link the Harry Potter books with the decline of the Western civilization.
He's a Roman Catholic. Or, a Comin' Wratholic. Take your choice.