Satire is the reaction of the human intellect to the eternal scam.
It is Ridicule as a Weapon. All Powers That Be make false and fluty claims to legitimacy, divine rule, and societal sanction. Usually, the PTB are lying through their teeth and they know it, so they erect a Censor, which acts as a fence around the PTB, carefully creating their cover, the illusion of legitimacy. Satire is the Power's deadly foe, whether the satirist works with psychic cannon, battle axe, dueling foil, shotgun, derringer, or poison. Or clown shoes and a pie to the ego, for that matter.