Reminds me about the role of the Court Jester in monarchies; to speak the truth when no one else will. Tho I wonder how much of this actually translates to mod

Reminds me about the role of the Court Jester in monarchies; to speak the truth when no one else will. Tho I wonder how much of this actually translates to modern times, as in: How much impact do these "political comedians" actually have? Case in point: German political satire has a very long tradition, but when looked at it bluntly it's pretty much just "comedians" telling people about the roots of problems, and all kinds of corruption, and people mostly just laugh at it, while nothing actually changes, it's all kind of absurd. In that context, it often feels much more like an "overpressure steam valve", giving people at least the impression of awareness, while nothing is actually done about the issues themselves.