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RE: Consensus exists only in equalitarian groups, where everybody has the same rights to express their will by influence and be influenced by all the others
Indeed! And today's court jesters can still be seen as the group of ostensible "comedians" who wrap their political criticism in a thin veneer of "comedy" while actually saying things mainstream network news could never get away with.
They are also to provide a vicarious rebellion against the ruler by the the ruled. If the fool shoves it in the ruler's face then the subjects are less likely to get it in their head that they need to do it.