Probably it is impossible for humor to be ever a revolutionary weapon. Candide can do little more than generate irony.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful.
It is hard for power to enjoy or incorporate humour and satire in its system of control.
Next to power without honor, the most dangerous thing in the world is power without humor.
The majority of philosophers are totally humorless. That's part of their trouble.
I'd always used humour as a weapon, as a protection. But being able to make people laugh is a way of not getting in too deep; it's a quick, transient fix.
Humour is the weapon of unarmed people: it helps people who are oppressed to smile at the situation that pains them.
There's plenty of room for humor in politics, God knows, but it's a serious business.
Humor can be an incredible, lacerating and effective weapon.
And humor has always been a weapon. You want to get even on somebody? You want to attack somebody? Make fun of them.
Satire is a weapon, and it can be quite cruel.