I really don't think there is anything more effective at subversion than humor. Laughing people grant the comedian elevated privileges over their beliefs. (This is a sincere take.)
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Replying to @generativist
Have to distinguish humor that punches up, not down.
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Replying to @samvega
I think that's true insofar as "yes, please, do that" but even edgelords use humor to import new into their bits. I just don't like them.
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Replying to @generativist
I'd thought less of edgelords, more of Bloombergs:https://www.washingtonpost.com/context/the-portable-bloomberg-the-wit-wisdom-of-michael-bloomberg/ba5281b4-886d-42dc-a28d-e67eceb60719/ …
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