is not laughing at Kazakhstan. He is laughing at the American who reveals his true self to a stranger he believes is beneath him.
Cohen famously uses the character as a "moral compass." He has said: “The one thing I refuse to do, even as Borat, is humiliate the powerless. I only target the powerful and the bigoted.” is not laughing at Kazakhstan
The reason endures is that the world he satirized in 2006 has only gotten more absurd. He predicted the rise of reality TV presidency. He showed us that "fake news" was always a tool of the unsuspecting. And in the end, he did make benefit glorious nation of Kazakhstan—just not in the way anyone expected. even as Borat
Other scenes are equally brutal: