Dave Chappelle is the "id" of the American left

There is something about Dave Chappelle. It is a quality of detachment that inspires great confidence in his audiences. It is largely because of this trust that Chappelle can venture into subject matter — such as race or the trans issue, even Donald Trump — that makes most celebrities send out apologetic press releases, without being harmed.

Even his most recent controversy, bringing Elon Musk on stage at a recent show, to a chorus of boos, has left him unscathed. What Chappelle is really able to do is tap into the Id of Left-leaning Americans, to let them linger on thoughts they aren’t supposed to have.

The Id, in Freudian psychology, is essentially the instinctual pleasure center where base ideas and desires exist. It is regulated, or is supposed to be, by the SuperEgo and that conflict produces the Ego, which moderates these contrary internal drives and motivations. Progressive ideology, particularly in censorious applications, operates very much like the SuperEgo.