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The Truth Behind ‘Conservative’ Humor

April 29, 2008 - 12:00 am - by Oleg Atbashian
AWOL Civilization
2008-04-29 07:54:55

The role of good satire in any era is to expose the silliness and pretentiousness of the intellectual fashions of the moment. In our era, those fashions are overwhelmingly “liberal” (for lack of a better word); i.e., the ossified, lifeless result of several generations of collectivist deconstruction of Western culture. One can embrace this world-view only at the cost of having one’s intellect drained of substance.

In laying bare this phenomenon, the People’s Cube has catapulted itself to the cutting edge of contemporary satire.