Intro

Yes that south park believe it or not but this immature show has some solid points when it comes to economics. From supply and demand inherit value vs attributed value, the nature of currency and financial institutions, Even the very nature of what makes a business a business many of these lessons are important in our modern market especially now that blogging and crypto have made these issues so confusing. Its 2021 lets learn about economics from 4 forth graders that cant stop cussing and a town dumber than they are childish South Park.

cash 4 gold /underpants gnomes

Episodes delve into the Exploitation of children for emotional sympathy, exploitation of the elderly both examples of emotional value. These examples are from the
underpants gnomes episode and the cash for gold episodes my favorite quote from grandpa marsh in cash for gold.

Billy did I ever tell you I had a border collie named patches (yes Grandpa) that dog always made me so happy when she died. I didn't let myself get too sad cuz I thought thought I'd always have the memory of her lover happy face I can't remember what she looked like Billy

Billy aka Stan later has his gift that his grandfather bought on the home shopping network for a inflated price smelted to make a frame for this photo taking something with little to no value a bolo tie for something with major sentimental value.

Value theory is prevalent in these two episodes weather its emotional value or monetary value even societal value all these principles are brought up in just two episodes of a show known for fart jokes

You have zero friends

you have zero friends or the Facebook episode shows us the danger of assigning value to social interactions IE friends or followers in social media "this isn't going to get me subscribers is it". are our social standing and societal worth dependent on that very notion will this get likes or followers will this tweet trend ect. Using friends more like status symbols or assets than companions. Asking who are we really when our social media presence outweighs that of the real world are you you or your profile. This gives us the illusion that our real world interactions are less significant than our online ones.

Online we cast a wider net so to speak and as such have far more interaction this way. The global health crisis has reminded us of the value of human interaction in my opinion. Before we almost preferred online interaction but now that the real world equivalent is more dangerous if at all possible it has an increased value so to speak.

Margarita vile

Not the buffet song the South Park episode great song but doesn't teach us much about economics. Using the economy as an allegorical representation of a Devine figure (god) if you will. A good quote from Kyle holding a credit card without a spending limit "Do not be afraid this is only plastic just something made up by people truly meaning less until we put our faith in it, faith is what makes an economy exist. Without faith it is only classic cards and paper money"

This is a pro argument for faith based economics Which purposes the economy is us and should be trusted not feared. This is more true than ever with crypto forming a global economy that is one with everybody we shouldn't fear our self so then we should not fear the economy.

Go fund yourself

The kick starter or Washington red skins episode a company that does nothing a bastardization of the subscriber Kickstarter modern world "To quote Cartman start up sell out cash out brodown"
thanks to the modern tech giants the success of an individual or company is based purely on a perceived image or brand value. Arguing that in the modern market accomplishments and assets (substance) mater less than the perceived value of an image or brand.
This Eco's the writings of the economist John Baudrillard In his book simulacra simulation. Where value is determined by the mere appearance of value not a practical or material value. Meaning its more important to look trendy to investors than to be functioning practically as a individual or business. In the episode a miss step in a social issue causes their company to loose public favor and therefore looses value and they have to go back to school and never get to the brodown

Conclusion

South park has a way of teaching us a lot through satire seeing the inherit ridiculous notions heightened it becomes clearer. On the bright side if nothing else I just gave you an excuse to nurse that new years hangover watching cartoons.

P.S

Now to speak freely for a moment I have been trying to find an audience on Leofinance for a while. If you like content like this subscribers and reposts could help find those whom may be appreciative of content like this. I know I literally made the argument of how we shouldn't do just that but I would like to successfully write about anything other than NFTs & games on hive. and cannabis on Weedcash literally my new years resolution get more than 10 subscribers on Leo finance.

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