I think humor is an interesting tool in the game of Social Power Dynamics because it allows the user, if skilled enough, to completely disarm the opposition. not only does laughter neutralize any surface level tension, but turning the opposition’s propositions neutralizes their rhetorical power. if someone wants to attack you in the ideological arena, you can negate their attack by simply Disarming, Diffusing, and Disengaging

>disarm their main proposition via humor

>diffuse social tension via audience engagement

>disengage on a high note