Aimilios Heilakis: Satire is a vital tool of democracy

Actor Aimilios Heilakis discussed the importance of satire as a tool of democracy in an interview on the show "Hamogela kai pali".

Mr. Heilakis emphasized that "you cannot ban satire and laugh at evil," highlighting the comic dimension of satire and its function as a means of social criticism.

"The ridiculousness of the thing is satire, look at the ridiculousness of the thing, to remind you that the more serious you try to become, the more ridiculous you become," he noted.