I love the idea that any history/philosophy can be divorced from politics. Like, I only enjoy hearing this human beings thoughts and opinions, but only if they exist in this narrow band of what I deem acceptable.

His ideas on satire are extremely valuable IMO, explicitly because of the political nature of his arguments. It critiques the inability of modern social systems inability critique those in power, and skillfully intermixes the politics of the time to enhance his point (that part about A Wonderful Country is beautiful, how an extremely political point can be made through satire, leagues beyond SNL)