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its interesting to go through trey parker and matt stones history in the entertainment industry, where at one point they were underdogs fighting censorship, but really they were doing right wing propaganda the entire time, sometimes on accident but usually on purpose. like, how often was the villain of a South Park episode a woman, a liberal celebrity, or an environmentalist? and how about all the episodes about trans people? i also recall Cartman in early episodes getting karmic retribution inflicted upon him for his literal nazi rhetoric, but at some point he now just gets his way and actually his bigotry is justified since all black people can play bass and all Jews really do have a secret pouch of gold.
also, in the Team America movie, which is supposedly a satirical comedy about american interventionism being bad, they end the movie by saying ACTUALLY america SHOULD be the world police, and they kill all the annoying hollywood actors who are all brain dead traitors that support North Korea nuking everyone.
Of all the brain dead shit I expect to read online south park being right wing propaganda was not my list of ever happening, props to you my dude for making that fucking leap in logic.
Also I have no idea where you got that Cartman just gets his way now, we must be watching different versions.
"South Park conservative" is a term from like 20 years ago. They've been doing the "both sides are the same" shit since the very beginning and really took it to the next level during the first Trump administration by almost completely punting on the issue and instead doing a bunch of "anti-woke" story lines.
And I say this as someone who was a religious fan since the very beginning. Matt and Trey are not the liberal heroes some people seem to believe they are.
I know Americans only see the world in binaries but there is a lot more to politics than "liberal vs conservative". The views of the creators clearly sit outside of that dichotomy, and they reference and mock their own political disengagement in this episode.