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[โ€“] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Looking it up, it's unclear how much jesters were respected for having political competency that kings and court would listen to vs how much they were were entertainers who were permitted much greater liberty with content because he was non-threatening and affected nothing.

[โ€“] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago

I think simply people like to laugh, its not crazy for a king to hire on someone to make them laugh.