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minus-square100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·2 months agoI mean, technically: the most powerful man in the world cannot do satire, because it requires punching up.
minus-squaremoondoggie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 months agoThere is a lot of punching up he can do: morality, intelligence, compassion, basic human decency. When you’re at the very bottom of something, there’s nowhere else to punch but up.
minus-square100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThat doesn’t sound like satire either and it wouldn’t be his job anyway.
I mean, technically: the most powerful man in the world cannot do satire, because it requires punching up.
There is a lot of punching up he can do: morality, intelligence, compassion, basic human decency. When you’re at the very bottom of something, there’s nowhere else to punch but up.
That doesn’t sound like satire either and it wouldn’t be his job anyway.