Hogwarts: Atypical Slytherin

"A successful and stable regime requires a stable environment." Mr. Abbott's body sunk into the sofa, and the gold-rimmed glasses he wore prevented him from looking like a boxer.

His muscular forearms were wrapped around his chest.

"'Fences' are a must," he said.

"Is this why the confidentiality laws are in place?"

"That may be a reason, Claudine." Mr. Albert laughed.

“Do walls only protect those within them?”

"At some point, protect those outside the walls as well. It's hard to say, Clowney."

"Then what should I do? Dad?" Crowney asked distressedly. "It seems that the existence of the wall can protect the people inside the wall, but it may also protect the people outside the wall. If I advocate the removal of this isolation Walls will lead to a more volatile environment."

"Then the regime becomes unstable again." Clooney took a deep breath. "The instability of the regime will bring about a worse environment."

"They complement each other! I understand!"

"I'm not a politician, Crowney." The corners of Mr. Crowder's mouth turned up higher. It seemed that he would not use his free time to have a one-way output related to his major with his eldest daughter. It annoyed him. "But one thing I know is that if a country enacts a tariff policy, what is its general purpose?"

"The tariff policy increases the cost of imported goods." Crowney answered honestly, "This will make the price they sell higher than the same goods."

"Then what's the purpose of this?"

"Is it to protect the original domestic industry?" Crowney asked, "Then why do we need to export? If that's the case, isn't it okay as long as we produce and sell it ourselves?"

"Some places only have so much land." Mr. Crowder pointed to the color patches on the map, "but some places have vast territory, which means transportation costs are also increasing."

"Also, have you noticed that the specific contents of import and export are different in different countries?"

"Exact contents?"

"For example, agricultural and sideline products." Mr. Claude lay back again and put one foot on the other. "Books often use such proper nouns. But different geographical environments determine that different countries have Their own specialty industries – that is to say, the cost and quantity of these items will be much lower than those of non-specialty industries.”

"Although some items may have the same name, their uses are completely different."

“For example, soybeans and corn,” Mr. Crowder said, “are low-quality and cheap crops that are imported to produce animal feed.”

"What does this have to do with tariffs..."

"It's difficult to embody in agricultural products. But it's easy to understand when it comes to high-precision technology." Mr. Claude asked, "The initial stage of product development is very capital-intensive, right?"

"It's all a loss in the early stages." Cloney nodded, "I understand, Dad. This will cause people to choose foreign products that have already appeared, and no one will develop related technologies in the country."

"This will lead to a certain industry being monopolized by foreign countries."

"Like your deck of shampoo, Clowney."

"When did you find out! Dad!"

"I assume you are using my name outside, girl." Mr. Claude couldn't help but laugh, "Your little magic trick? It almost made Uncle Beria think he had seen a ghost."

"I didn't see him!"

"But he saw you," said Mr. Claude. "I was not in London at the time."

"Okay." Clooney trailed off. She believed that she had always done a very good job of keeping secrets, but she had ignored the human factor. There are too many people who know her father, and the law prevents her from acting alone, and what she needs is to act alone. "I just want to make some achievements on my own."

"I understand." Mr. Claude laughed again, "You are a lot like me."

"Grandpa told me the story about how he managed to carry the spring water over several mountains when you sold it to your family."

"Then this is wrong." Mr. Claude wrinkled his nose, "How could he tell other people about this!"

"There's a lot more, Dad!"

"Okay!" Mr. Claude decided to skip the rest of the conversation about his embarrassing story by getting back on track. "Isn't your question 'should the wall be broken down'?"

"So what's the answer to that question?"

"How should I put it..." Mr. Crowder said, "From a legal perspective, the compromise statement is the most moderate and comprehensive, but it may not necessarily adapt to the national conditions."

"For example, regarding the legal position, academic circles have the viewpoints of the legislator's intention and the reader's intention, which are the common so-called subjective doctrine and objective doctrine."

"I remember the point of view in literature about this, dad! Is it similar to a thousand people having a thousand Hamlets?"

"You can say it this way." Mr. Claude replied, "'A thousand people have a thousand Hamlets' is objectively speaking, or we can put him in this category."

"People who hold this view believe that the work only depends on the reader's interpretation and must conform to the current social status quo, and there are no other opinions. Even readers have many opinions. The work is independent of the author's existence."

"So subjectively speaking, does it mean that the work only exists in the author's point of view?"

"Did you secretly read books on legal theory?"

"I don't need to secretly, Dad!" Claudia choked, then asked, "So, is one of these two theories right or wrong?"

"That's the problem, Clowney. We can't say for sure which one is right or wrong."

"So the so-called compromise theory emerged, but within the compromise theory there are also the objective theory which is biased towards the subjective and the subjective theory which is biased towards the objective."

"This sounds quite complicated." Crowney was confused by so many of in the paragraph. She thought that maybe it was for this reason that native English speakers with dyslexia were so stubborn. "What is this? What do you mean?"

"That is to say, while acknowledging the author's will, it also acknowledges the reader's interpretation—or an interpretation that fits the environment at the time. But these views will be biased."

"That's what the Chinese theory says: one is born from two, two begets three, and three begets all things..." Crowney blurted out, "The intensity of the deviation of this view may lead to differentiation, right?"

"This is a novel statement. Does China have this theory?"

"It was written in a book many years ago, called the Tao Te Ching. The original sentence is 'Tao gives birth to one, one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, and three gives rise to all things.'"

"I also suddenly understood. Dad, you inspired me."

"So, in that case, do you have an answer?"

"Probably?" Claudia asked her uncertainly, "We can't withdraw it all at once, but I don't advocate always maintaining it. The world has a development trend. I personally think that this trend is not to divide, but to move towards commonality, that is, Just like people develop from individuals to groups and finally form societies.”

"If you're going to take down the wall, should it be done slowly, Dad?"