# The Satire Paradox [The Satire Paradox](https://www.pushkin.fm/episode/the-satire-paradox/) is a [[Revisionist History]] episode that looks at the relation between satire, politics and social protest, and asks the question if satire is a friend or foe of the people it mocks. It looks at satirical criticism of Margaret Thatcher and the strange phenomenon that both sides of the political spectrum benefit from satire (which also explains why it is so popular and accepted by politicians).