"actively pretending that you have a preference that is quite different from the preference you privately have"
"In China, the people who had supported the Cultural Revolution wholeheartedly denied that they did that after the regime fell."
"Humor is used in repressive societies and in contexts where people feel constrained in what they can say, or to signal that one is aware of certain contradictions without taking ownership of the preferences being expressed or the facts being pointed to. In laughing, they signal that they understand what is being communicated, but don't have to take ownership for it...So it's almost like the court jester role in sort of ancient times. I mean, the one person who could speak truth to the king was the court jester"
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