Satire of democratic and Western political systems works better than satire of totalitarian evil regimes because the stakes are lower (political systems matter less) and the absence of mass-scale atrocity makes it easier to laugh.
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Steven KotkinEvidence Quote
“when he does this about a democratic a Western political system...it works much better the stakes are lower because the political system doesn't matter as much and also because they don't have that monstrosity that evil on a mass scale”
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:29:11 PM
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