> Fascism and Authoritarianism is defeated by satire and mockery. Napoleon shut down all the newspapers that criticized him. He was only undone by Waterloo (ac

> Fascism and Authoritarianism is defeated by satire and mockery. Napoleon shut down all the newspapers that criticized him. He was only undone by Waterloo (actually mostly by his own folly of trying to invade Russia ...) I don't think there's any record of Authoritarianism being defeated by satire, if for no other reason than the authoritarians shut the satire down. Looks like it's time for an American _Solidarność_