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I’d love to have a modern politician so capable and willing to write satire. Also, the more I find out about Benjamin Franklin, the more I realize that Charlie
by christophilus 3y ago
I’d love to have a modern politician so capable and willing to write satire.
Also, the more I find out about Benjamin Franklin, the more I realize that Charlie Munger is his modern-day clone.
- OfSanguineFire 3y agoIn 1781 Franklin was not an elected official but already appointed ambassador to France. It is a lot easier to write satire if you don’t depend on the masses for their votes and have to stay on their good side. Also, a look at classic literature will show that the degree to which scatological humor is accepted, varies with time. Chaucer, whose work was massively respected in the late 14th and early 15th centuries, made jokes about farting and ass-licking that seem appalling to readers today. And I think a lot of HN readers already know about Mozart’s work Leck mich im Arsch.
- pphysch 3y agoWit is sorely missed in our modern (Anglosphere) political culture.