I think the people who say we need satire often mean, "We need satire of them, not of us."
Quotes from AV Club interview — Tom Lehrer
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Tom Lehrer (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Tom Lehrer (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.