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Trey Parker Says South Park Didn't Get Political, But "Politics Became Pop Culture"
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this post was submitted on 10 Nov 2025
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not sure what that has to do with my point, which is "politics became pop culture".
Define how politics has become pop culture. Don't just reference Turnip. Define what is now popular and politics, without saying Trump.
You will then have your answer on how this shitshow started, and I'd wager South Park contributed to it.
Easy, social media. Social Media has turned politics into pop culture.
Saying social media doesn't describe how.
Social media has replaced newspapers and broadcasts. Politicians relied on those to get their message out. In the newspapers and tv shows they'd be presented to the audience with other political topics to people specifically looking to be informed. On social media they are competing with the costco guys and podcasters for likes, they need to game an algorithm, and an effective way of doing that pop culture bullshit.
and... you get your political opinions from ... social media?
20% and growing
And you say that as though social media has not directly lead to the overthrowing of multiple governments around the world.
They literally held elections on discord in Nepal after Gen Z toppled the government.
and how's it being used in the US? How does social media make politics pop culture?
Please just get to your point
Politics has been in every form of media. If social media is the new norm of media, politics existing there... isn't new. Politics existing in the popular form of media ... is not new. The popular form of media is not what 'pop culture' is.
oh ok, so let's just eliminate the single biggest driving force in politics for the last 10 years. other than that everything is totally normal.