What South Park Teaches Us About Economics - Wisecrack Edition

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  • Опубликовано: 16 ноя 2024

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  • @MajinBadat
    @MajinBadat 6 лет назад +838

    You missed an important one about finance Margaritaville....and it's gone!

    • @454LuisDeLaTorre
      @454LuisDeLaTorre 5 лет назад +12

      Love that chapter

    • @noiamhippyman
      @noiamhippyman 5 лет назад +7

      This is such a beautiful comment. lol

    • @Phethario
      @Phethario 5 лет назад +38

      It isn't. We just put it in a money mutual marked fund, then we will reinvest the earnings in a foreign currency account, and... Fuck it's gone.
      What happened???

    • @dandytastic7465
      @dandytastic7465 5 лет назад +13

      It is a great example sad it wasn't included

    • @dLzzzgaming
      @dLzzzgaming 5 лет назад +16

      Please get off this video, this video is for customers who have money only, please step aside.

  • @iGoNoLimitWrestling
    @iGoNoLimitWrestling 4 года назад +80

    Easily the most under appreciated part of any South Park episode is the fact that Stan’s subplot in “Margaritaville” explains the housing bubble.

  • @rafrak
    @rafrak 7 лет назад +155

    Stan's grandfather story about his dog made me tear up. Such a genuine moment and great delivery on the part of the voice actor. I had to pause the video to get my shit back together.

    • @johnhancock1748
      @johnhancock1748 3 года назад +3

      I'm more than just tearing up good lord that hurt

    • @levi5436
      @levi5436 2 года назад +2

      I was literally about to comment this same thing. It makes me cry almost every time I watch it.

    • @gernhartreinholzen3992
      @gernhartreinholzen3992 2 года назад +2

      Hits right in the feels, man.

    • @portugal5698
      @portugal5698 2 года назад +1

      Agreed, it was such a nice, unusually wholesome moment for Stan and his gramps!! That is, up until the mild dementia kicked in and his next words to Stan were, “BTW, that bolo tie you’re wearing? It looks f***ing g*y as hell!! You should stop wearing it!!” 😂😂😂. THE SAME bolo tie that he himself bought as a gift for Stan, which was the only reason he was wearing it to visit him in the first place! That was hands down the main joke they were building up throughout the whole episode beginning with Cartman saying those exact words to Stan. Those are the best jokes they setup because when you finally get to the punchline, it all hits you off guard like a brick wall!!

  • @matrixman8582
    @matrixman8582 5 лет назад +504

    The episode where Cartman inherits an amusement park from his grandma is basic economics 101

    • @mikitz
      @mikitz 4 года назад +40

      He inherited 1M bucks, bought the amusement park, then had to sell it back basically for free...

    • @tareklegrand7747
      @tareklegrand7747 4 года назад +32

      ​@@mikitz ironically he sell it back because the Park was an unintentional success . remember he wanted an amusement park for himself only.

    • @mikitz
      @mikitz 4 года назад +9

      @@tareklegrand7747 All this because it didn't occur to him that a park like that isn't exactly maintenance-free.

    • @tareklegrand7747
      @tareklegrand7747 4 года назад +7

      @@mikitz but still that Park was a huge success because of him . even if it wasn't intentional.

  • @brettbcomedy
    @brettbcomedy 4 года назад +11

    So many episodes, namely Margaritaville, touch on economics, finance, sales, marketing. Matt and Trey are brilliant.

  • @xYoungExodus
    @xYoungExodus 7 лет назад +292

    Stan's grandpa's story was so sad

    • @majikmessiah
      @majikmessiah 4 года назад +4

      I never would have thought South Park would make me tear up

    • @Feliciatanktop
      @Feliciatanktop 4 года назад +13

      “I can’t remember what she looked like Billy”
      my heart hurt

  • @jamesflaum8860
    @jamesflaum8860 7 лет назад +898

    How can a show so funny also have so many levels?!

    • @ElectronicCalifornia
      @ElectronicCalifornia 7 лет назад +60

      And consistently for so many years :)

    • @Mewseeker
      @Mewseeker 7 лет назад +47

      Implying that depth and fun can't go together? :P

    • @englandtownwalks891
      @englandtownwalks891 7 лет назад +101

      Because the writers actually put some effort in their writing, unlike some other shows like family guy. The creators of the show want to show the world for what it truly is, rather than just picking one side and be biased (like family guy). Family guy is extremely biased towards the liberal point of view. They always present the conservatives as a bunch of bigoted intolerant retards and liberals as bunch of tolerant and rational individuals. On top of that it has some of the most lazy writing I have ever seen with jokes that aren't funny and many of the points they try to make are either terrible or biased.
      South Park on the other hand shows that liberals can be just as bigoted and intolerant as conservatives and manage to make really good and unbiased points while being really funny at the same time.

    • @jameshill2450
      @jameshill2450 7 лет назад +14

      The levels are what makes a lot of it funny.

    • @andrewbergman1122
      @andrewbergman1122 7 лет назад +3

      Scaffolding.

  • @dominicbruce7558
    @dominicbruce7558 7 лет назад +2652

    teaches you to not give money to the Loch Ness Monster because it will just ask for more

    • @hyperdeath84
      @hyperdeath84 7 лет назад +166

      Dominic Bruce Speaking of which, I could do with some cash if you have some spare. I need about tree fiddy.

    • @josephfox9221
      @josephfox9221 7 лет назад +8

      Dominic Bruce im certain he could talk about moral hazard from that one and how what we view as morally correct is relative and not based on whats best economically

    • @Vank4o
      @Vank4o 7 лет назад +46

      But it's just tree fiddy, why don't you give it to it!

    • @jasonakers6538
      @jasonakers6538 7 лет назад +55

      hyperdeath84 is damned ol' Loch Ness monster! Goddammit, I told you I ain't givin' you no sree fiddy!!!

    • @lainiwakura1776
      @lainiwakura1776 7 лет назад +28

      So, do you got tree fiddy?

  • @callofthewild9175
    @callofthewild9175 7 лет назад +97

    "Don't believe us, try arguing with someone on Facebook about politics. We're sure you'll change their minds." 😂😂😂Perfect!

    • @BcBTheta
      @BcBTheta 3 года назад +2

      Now it’s with Twitter especially now during these times 😂😂

  • @giovannigarciadesouzapasto2249
    @giovannigarciadesouzapasto2249 6 лет назад +19

    Hey, I think you missed one of their greatest episodes on the subject: Margaritaville (s13e3), released in March 2009.

  • @shaunsmith7768
    @shaunsmith7768 7 лет назад +8

    loved how you used both new and old south park. amazing how the show is so true to itself this far in !

  • @SovereignTurkey
    @SovereignTurkey 7 лет назад +1635

    Southpark, a mature cartoon that possibly teaches us more than public schools,

    • @marlom7882
      @marlom7882 7 лет назад +61

      Imperial Gamer I just graduated from public school and believe me when I say it does

    • @Asummersdaydreamer14
      @Asummersdaydreamer14 7 лет назад +30

      It's been a while since I've dealt with the quadratic formula, but did you remember to put it all over 2a?

    • @angelparada5838
      @angelparada5838 7 лет назад +3

      I did not go to public school I want to special education school and honestly I am feeling quite optimistic! Don't know why I haven't killed my self yet! XD J.K

    • @TheElderNexus
      @TheElderNexus 7 лет назад +11

      meh, some of South Park's episodes are almost unbearable and give you brain cancer

    • @joelock7079
      @joelock7079 7 лет назад +4

      Imperial Gamer that's not hard. Public schools are garbage. Go private or don't bother going.

  • @AntiTekk
    @AntiTekk 7 лет назад +97

    South Park is a legend when it comes to television!

    • @frankg2790
      @frankg2790 7 лет назад +8

      Sure, there are episodes that had serious tones, especially in the later seasons, but unlike Family Guy, South Park managed to remain a comedy while Family Guy ended up being a piece of shit that demands that it be taken seriously and tries to excuse the lazy writing as "it is just a comedy".

  • @TheRichmaster24
    @TheRichmaster24 7 лет назад +8

    i was expecting the margarita episode but these were a lot more thought provoking

  • @Darkiekurdo
    @Darkiekurdo 7 лет назад +1148

    DEY TOOK OUR JABS!

  • @Lasse9230
    @Lasse9230 5 лет назад +13

    I teach High School economics, and I actually use the episode Margaritaville in my teaching in the financial sector and economic schools

    • @skwozies3083
      @skwozies3083 5 лет назад

      The episode where butters is raising money for camp and starts his own ride sharing business touches the most upon the subject matter of economics, Although the Margaritaville is an interesting look into business cycle theory.

    • @mikitz
      @mikitz 4 года назад

      Basically all business school students that aren't South Park fans are destined to flunk.
      Also turns out that people who are not susceptible to advertisement usually suck at marketing...

  • @tholo.nkadimeng
    @tholo.nkadimeng 7 лет назад +286

    Please do the Boondocks

    • @EagleZtoTheGrave
      @EagleZtoTheGrave 7 лет назад +13

      PLEASE...

    • @waaagh3203
      @waaagh3203 7 лет назад +13

      Everyone is stupid except Huey Freeman. Any questions?

    • @tholo.nkadimeng
      @tholo.nkadimeng 7 лет назад +32

      Sigh... And this is exactly why we need a video

    • @fivemeomedia
      @fivemeomedia 7 лет назад +4

      i got into a deep convo with my friend on how the xbox killer episode is about george bush and dick cheney and how they recklessly started the iraqi war

    • @waaagh3203
      @waaagh3203 7 лет назад +2

      +Tholo Nkadimeng
      Wisecrack needs to do a video about understanding humor.

  • @th3highwayman
    @th3highwayman 7 лет назад +230

    ...And it's gone.

    • @ornu01
      @ornu01 7 лет назад +7

      Kreeper427 Margaritaville episode.

  • @K_S580
    @K_S580 7 лет назад +319

    11:40 - censored
    11:58 - uncensored :D
    Thanks editor?

  • @Dylankiwi1
    @Dylankiwi1 7 лет назад +6

    As a person learning about economics at uni and South Park being one of my favourite American cartoon I cannot be more pleased in this video.

  • @xisumavoid
    @xisumavoid 7 лет назад +154

    Brilliant insights! Loved this :-)

  • @Xaemen
    @Xaemen 7 лет назад +2

    Omg the anaysis is so brilliant and wisecrack once again solidfied their abilities to dissect shows to its nuanced wisdom in an understandable manner.

  • @sweatyg1290
    @sweatyg1290 7 лет назад +2067

    Lol the lowkey BuzzFeed hate is beautiful

    • @UnanimousDelivers
      @UnanimousDelivers 7 лет назад +167

      BuzzFeed makes me feel ashamed to be a liberal.

    • @hanshintermann1551
      @hanshintermann1551 7 лет назад +28

      Same here

    • @lotus-prince
      @lotus-prince 7 лет назад +101

      And you won't BELIEVE why!

    • @codes5218
      @codes5218 7 лет назад +93

      BuzzFeed is the Fox News of the Left

    • @superillusiveman1445
      @superillusiveman1445 7 лет назад +90

      Nah man, liberals (as in left of center) are ok. You can talk to and debate with them (usually without fear of physical harm). It's authoritarian regressive leftists (or as they ironically call themselves "progressive") that should be ashamed.

  • @waaagh3203
    @waaagh3203 7 лет назад +30

    Never give the Loch Ness monster $3.50, because it will just keep asking for more money.

  • @matrixman8582
    @matrixman8582 5 лет назад +7

    The episode where Cartman inherits the amusement park was a great economics lesson.

  • @markpayne7397
    @markpayne7397 3 года назад +5

    I must say with solidarity thank you for explaining what was actually going on with the underpants gnomes and their "stage 3" organizational skills, I've attempted to personally draw a line between them and the townsfolk as South Park are masters at drawing lines between two seemingly completely unrelated subjects and ideas I knew there was something so thanks for the insight, grasshoppah 🤝

  • @carrotslayer9308
    @carrotslayer9308 7 лет назад +78

    Grandpas story about his dog actually made me pretty sad

  • @CoachJohnMcGuirk
    @CoachJohnMcGuirk 7 лет назад +2

    that scene at the end when kip has all the friends always gets to me.

  • @logan5215
    @logan5215 7 лет назад +32

    You completely disregarded the "margaritaville" episode. That's the quintessential episode about American finance and need verse want binge spending

    • @logan5215
      @logan5215 7 лет назад +3

      They make the economy a metaphor for god

    • @deannaambrose919
      @deannaambrose919 7 лет назад +6

      Go watch the other videos. There's an entire episode on it.

  • @kyledabearsfan
    @kyledabearsfan 7 лет назад +2

    Bye far my favorite youtube channel. I really appreciate the research and writing that goes into your videos. Please keep it up! Some of these things I connect and think about but the majority I do not. It is really nice to see all the things I miss!

  • @danpohlmann6
    @danpohlmann6 7 лет назад +11

    "Cash rules everything around us in this wisecrack edition..."
    That just gave me chills, made me laugh really hard, and hurt my soul all at the same time.

  • @juampan
    @juampan 7 лет назад +7

    "freemium isn't free"! I would love your point of view on that episode, I found it to be a social and economical critique on addiction and its use on capital gain.

  • @lepetittofu
    @lepetittofu 7 лет назад +379

    This south park dissection make it seem like Trey and Matt are the smartest people in the world.

    • @hajanejdjsms
      @hajanejdjsms 7 лет назад +84

      lol, far from it, they are simple libertarians.
      Notice how most lessons from South Park are, X and Y are both bad, let's compromise with something in the middle.
      South Park benefits the status quo by critiquing everything but not taking any stances.

    • @wongoli
      @wongoli 7 лет назад +63

      lepetittofu
      They're just good at criticizing our American culture and making it funny. If u look at interviews or listen to the South Park commentary most of their influence just come from an idea they think is funny. Matt and Trey are basically trolls irl.
      Wisecrack just analyzes it from their own interpretation but not the author's interpretation. So in a way it's bs but it's good bs.

    • @Davon85J
      @Davon85J 7 лет назад +34

      Renkinjutsushi South Park has taken multiple stands before. But keep regurgitating that tired myth that they think "every answer is in the middle", yawn.

    • @jerrycan1756
      @jerrycan1756 7 лет назад +55

      They're far from stupid and know how to formulate their ideas. A surprising number of smart people are just really good writers who know their fair share.

    • @livefree1030
      @livefree1030 7 лет назад +31

      lepetittofu
      they are the only creators to offend every religious, ethnic, gender, political, and misc demographic and make money doing it. That's pretty damn smart.

  • @ShubhamSharma-be5bw
    @ShubhamSharma-be5bw 7 лет назад +26

    Wisecrack really loves southpark

  • @rogermeyersjr
    @rogermeyersjr 7 лет назад +190

    I am in the process of making a cartoon, and my metric of success has nothing to do with profit or industry awards. I will consider my cartoon a success if and only if Wisecrack deems it worthy of a "The Philosophy of" video.

    • @adeeladeel5081
      @adeeladeel5081 7 лет назад

      Steve Trbovich wwwxxxc

    • @deathserpent9747
      @deathserpent9747 7 лет назад

      Steve Trbovich nice, animating is so time consuming tho.

    • @na.meless
      @na.meless 7 лет назад +2

      that's awsome dude, please do not hesitate to show me this here in youtube or dm me bc i am interested

    • @Tespri
      @Tespri 5 лет назад +1

      Wisecrack is made out of idiotic marxist. Even this video was a failure. Seriously you should look into real economist, philosophers and historians instead of wisecrack.

    • @user-le1fn5rg4z
      @user-le1fn5rg4z 5 лет назад

      Steve Trbovich no one asked. Or cares

  • @The_Fat_Turtle
    @The_Fat_Turtle 7 лет назад +1

    0:38 love that Trey moves back out of the way of Matt's hand with a very concerned look on his face.

  • @chrstfer2452
    @chrstfer2452 7 лет назад +8

    Thanks for the free skill share!!

  • @user-qz4qf4cw3d
    @user-qz4qf4cw3d 7 лет назад +6

    6:20 "Genuine faux sapphire earrings." I'm done. People in the real world would fall for this

  • @Boxxdup
    @Boxxdup 7 лет назад +3

    At 14:43 there's an Easter egg relating to Futurama. The profiles name is John Bender. In the Futurama, the character Bender is played by John DiMaggio

  • @yrazu05
    @yrazu05 7 лет назад +2

    Keep the South Park videos coming, love them!

  • @bariskaanbek
    @bariskaanbek 5 лет назад +4

    Margaritaville would have been another amazing episode to add into this series

  • @WilfredoWolganG
    @WilfredoWolganG 5 лет назад +1

    I learn more about the real world from Wisecrack than I ever did in elementary or high school. They should teach Wisecrack in school.

  • @ronnickels5193
    @ronnickels5193 7 лет назад +63

    CREAM. Get the money, dolla dolla bill y'all.

    • @7Lace77
      @7Lace77 5 лет назад

      Ron Nickels I noticed that lol

    • @leksa7951
      @leksa7951 5 лет назад +2

      👐🏼

  • @AlphaCenturi16
    @AlphaCenturi16 7 лет назад +1

    I love that you guys love South Park. A brilliant and unique show.

  • @user-cl6sr4co1s
    @user-cl6sr4co1s 7 лет назад +75

    NEW SOUTH PARK EPISODES COMING SEPTEMBER WOOOOOOOOHOOO

    • @dannykazari
      @dannykazari 7 лет назад +2

      Zombieslayer Really?? I was honestly worried since I hadn't heard anything about season 21, so that's a relief

    • @englandtownwalks891
      @englandtownwalks891 7 лет назад

      The new episodes air August 21st.

    • @user-cl6sr4co1s
      @user-cl6sr4co1s 7 лет назад

      bad news bro, it's been pushed back to September 13th

    • @englandtownwalks891
      @englandtownwalks891 7 лет назад

      Well fuck :(

    • @cristiansmistad1823
      @cristiansmistad1823 7 лет назад

      Fletcher Prouty Last season was pretty wack

  • @nassmatic
    @nassmatic 5 лет назад +8

    "You Have Zero Friends" is similar to the Black Mirror episode "Nosedive."

  • @xenosbreed
    @xenosbreed 4 года назад +2

    The homeshopping network episode broke my heart, when his grandpa opens up about his dog and how Alzheimer is effecting him. Oof, just heart wrenching.

  • @Chainsawctopus
    @Chainsawctopus 5 лет назад +6

    Neat! You didn't do the Margaritaville episode though--you should totally do one on that :)

  • @CHTRnl
    @CHTRnl 7 лет назад +1

    Yess! More South Park! Love you Wisecrack!

  • @antonydrossos5719
    @antonydrossos5719 5 лет назад +3

    GAWD, I just realized how much I miss classic South Park!

  • @Whofan06
    @Whofan06 7 лет назад +1

    Stan's Grandpa's monologue about his dog made me sob, that so sad. This show really hits you in the gut out of nowhere sometimes.

  • @sananaryon4061
    @sananaryon4061 7 лет назад +60

    South park becomes it's own paradox. it tries to convince us that the world has gone to shit, but we learn from it to avoid stuff that goes to shit

    • @hajanejdjsms
      @hajanejdjsms 7 лет назад +7

      We do? The world is still shit and the only contribution of SP is making us distracted.

    • @IkeOkerekeNews
      @IkeOkerekeNews 7 лет назад +4

      Zanar Naryon
      The world is ....

    • @wimpykid700
      @wimpykid700 7 лет назад +3

      Avoid the world. Space is preferable.

    • @MRCKify
      @MRCKify 7 лет назад

      +Breic Gleason
      Nice Profile pic. BOC!

  • @j.vonhogen9650
    @j.vonhogen9650 5 лет назад +1

    The Margaritaville episode was their best episode on the economy and should definitely have been included. I assume you've done a seperate video on that episode?

  • @elijahmasquelier1238
    @elijahmasquelier1238 3 года назад +3

    i think one of my favorite lines in the whole show has to be 'these are genuine faux sapphire earrings'

    • @w7lves
      @w7lves 2 года назад

      Faux is a french word, it has an x in it but you don’t pronounce the x

  • @hethestrange
    @hethestrange 7 лет назад

    seriously LOVE your channel guys

  • @Dynabee
    @Dynabee 7 лет назад +37

    LONG LIVE SOUTH PARK

  • @TheKrensada
    @TheKrensada 5 лет назад +1

    "Try arguing with people on Facebook about Politics. I'm sure you'll change their mind" I don't try it, I enjoy every minute of it.

  • @Elador1000
    @Elador1000 7 лет назад +22

    I feel like you used "value" instead of price interchangebaly. But in economics and finance, they are 2 different things. I don't think anyone thinks that value is created by supply and demand. Price is. Value for a buyer is then for example difference between his maximum bid and actual price. The fundamental analysis of stocks is based on this difference.

  • @tretwine3611
    @tretwine3611 7 лет назад +12

    You guys gotta do philosophy of Archer

    • @MRCKify
      @MRCKify 7 лет назад +1

      "The TRUTH. You hear that, Mother? The Truth!"
      "And hopefully shitloads of vodka."

  • @DeRockMedia
    @DeRockMedia 7 лет назад +10

    "try arguing with people on facebook about politics, we're confident youll change their minds" XD

  • @quinnmarchese6313
    @quinnmarchese6313 4 года назад +1

    surprised you didnt talk about the margaritaville episode and how it teaches that faith in the economy is just as important as participating in it

  • @baileycohen7775
    @baileycohen7775 7 лет назад +5

    I'm with Stan, sure I have a Facebook account but I only use it a couple times a year at most. I might start using it more often though since the job I'm planning to get soon is freelance and I need connections.

    • @NegativeAccelerate
      @NegativeAccelerate 4 года назад

      Bailey cohen yeah I feel like there's so much social pressure to look good and talk online

  • @Sorenzo
    @Sorenzo 4 года назад +1

    Looking at the work that goes into production of a good is actually the deeper analysis of pricing rather than relying solely on supply and demand.
    If you don't look at the work side, you can't determine if work is undervalued, which is a major problem with the current economy that many economists don't account for.

  • @beetor4815
    @beetor4815 7 лет назад +25

    Please do a philosophy on Futurama

    • @MRCKify
      @MRCKify 7 лет назад +3

      Idea Channel once thought Futurama was sci-fi spoofed with the Hedonic treadmill: when the fantastic becomes mundane, why should the people of the future treat the wonders around them as no big deal? Wouldn't technology just facilitate the same problems of love, belonging, bad communication and incuriousity that are part of human (and lobster-people) nature?

    • @RealBadGaming52
      @RealBadGaming52 7 лет назад

      T.V.C cartoons fururamas philosophy is just Our own world but a little bit worse , shitty jobs, no regard for human life , Bad politicians and Unregulated capatisim , just on a Galactic scale

    • @TheMarleyDavidson
      @TheMarleyDavidson 5 лет назад

      @Donald Trump You are missing the entire point.

  • @ddraigtribe8768
    @ddraigtribe8768 7 лет назад +1

    "...here at wisecrack we get asked how we got started a lot, so we side step the question and refer to our sponsors..." lmfao. Hey man, we all gotta make a living. Love the channel

  • @AHWolverine
    @AHWolverine 5 лет назад +3

    Love the channel please keep making great content. I just noticed one small detail that may be incorrect in this video @3:07 where “the backfire effect” was briefly discussed but the term that would may have been more accurate is called the “confirmation bias effect”. I love the channel and look forward to seeing more great content

  • @daniel_960_
    @daniel_960_ 4 года назад +2

    I watched the jewelry episode. I thought it was exaggerated.
    The same week I chose to once in years watch TV, roamed through channels and I couldn’t stop laughing when I found a 1:1 jewelry channel like in south park 🤣
    Also it was the same with the prices, 20000€. Aand the new price is 1000€!! Get it now!
    I had no idea this is actually a thing 😂

  • @sartisticv
    @sartisticv 7 лет назад +9

    Never knew I wanted to know this until I saw it

  • @Mr.universe.
    @Mr.universe. 7 лет назад +1

    Thank you for the great video and skill share opportunity.

  • @ronik330
    @ronik330 6 лет назад +4

    I swear I’ve probably learnt more from South Park than from college.

  • @dodgersdoon1130
    @dodgersdoon1130 7 лет назад +2

    Well done I always enjoy your videos. South park is pure gold

  • @Camster317
    @Camster317 7 лет назад +8

    God I love south park episodes

  • @marco39120
    @marco39120 7 лет назад +1

    S/O to Wisecrack for using themselves as an example in this video. I might go ahead and buy one of ya'll shirts for that.

  • @pinetree9233
    @pinetree9233 7 лет назад +334

    The Philosophy of Gravity Falls, please

    • @legathar8558
      @legathar8558 7 лет назад +17

      but gravity falls doesn't have a philosophy, it's just a great show

    • @pinetree9233
      @pinetree9233 7 лет назад +9

      It has. Just not obivous

    • @CalamityDiamond
      @CalamityDiamond 7 лет назад +21

      every view has a philosophy behind it, so even if it wasn't supposed to be taken that way, it can be. It's basically what this channel does, read philosophy into shows that might now have anything to do about focusing on that at all.
      That said, I imagine its very similar to Rick and Morty.

    • @pinetree9233
      @pinetree9233 7 лет назад +17

      Even Bill Cipher is a philosophy by his own.

    • @mfwhom5214
      @mfwhom5214 7 лет назад +3

      Puddle Zerg every episode ends up being about nihilism because one character shows apathy.

  • @umairzia8914
    @umairzia8914 7 лет назад +1

    Nice job Wisecrack. Pretty insightful.

  • @ByteMyDuck
    @ByteMyDuck 7 лет назад +9

    Jared wouldn't it be fun too make a video on deathnote. So made good things to discuss about with that series

  • @ianb2774
    @ianb2774 7 лет назад +1

    This was a really good video, but I wish they had included a segment about the Margaritaville episode of the show

  • @iarinaioana
    @iarinaioana 7 лет назад +4

    please make a philosophy of baskets!!!!

  • @Musewhisperer
    @Musewhisperer 7 лет назад +1

    Good thing you talked about this topic and mentioned you lived off of ads. That made me realize there wasn't any ad on the video, even though you were in my ad-blocker's white-list.
    Turns out, you guys use Google Syndication, which was white-listed by my privacy tracker, but not my script-blocker.
    That being fixed, you did the whole community a service. It's just a drop in the water, but hey, there you go.

  • @darkarchangel186
    @darkarchangel186 7 лет назад +5

    Hey Wisecrack serious question; y'all ever do links for yalls author recommendations?
    I love who yall recommend; found some great reading thanks to yall

  • @thewintereaglefly
    @thewintereaglefly 7 лет назад +2

    This channel makes me question my classes at college

  • @Nocure92
    @Nocure92 5 лет назад +3

    Phase 1: Collect underpants
    Psase 2: ???
    Phase 3: Profit.

  • @MercuryGirl33
    @MercuryGirl33 7 лет назад +1

    Hello, dear Wisecrack. I would LOVE to see either a philosophy of Cloud Atlas or Donnie Darko (if y'all've the time). The former is far deeper than most realize, especially the original novel.

  • @anamorphicalan
    @anamorphicalan 7 лет назад +269

    I'm surprised that the video before the day Rick and Morty new season starts. Isn't about Rick and Morty

  • @notomar1555
    @notomar1555 5 лет назад +1

    They should teach a lesson on a controvesial issue and make the whole season breaking it down per episodes. Idk if this would be very entertaining for mass audiences, but i would love it

  • @TheCreepypro
    @TheCreepypro 7 лет назад +12

    woah woah woah slow down wisecrack! Who said we are friends? We are acquaintances at best I mean I barely know you! I don't know your birthday or your favorite color you need to calm down just cause I like your videos and comment on them doesn't mean we are friends okay? cool just thought I should clear that up now before it went to far

  • @luizhumberto8802
    @luizhumberto8802 4 года назад +1

    I would just point to correct that supply and demand are not a theory of value, but of prices. Price and value are two different things. For example, the Monalisa has a price to be paid, but a inestimable historical and cultural value.
    I think you were thinking about the marginal theory of value, the other theory is the work value theory.

  • @koolkidie4657
    @koolkidie4657 7 лет назад +5

    Do an entire video about stans dad

  • @gameordeath5174
    @gameordeath5174 7 лет назад

    You guys should do a video on that few years old movie called John Doe: Vigilante. As the title says it's about a vigilante, the moral grey area, if and when the law should be crossed, etc. Like "The Philosophy of John Doe: Vigilante" would be quite a good watch.

  • @kank6990
    @kank6990 7 лет назад +4

    yes mmore southpark

  • @aperson1234-t8x
    @aperson1234-t8x 7 лет назад +1

    Cartmanland is the example I always use to describe artificial demand

  • @noreloadrich4850
    @noreloadrich4850 7 лет назад +5

    I got about tree fitty

  • @WeavileLady
    @WeavileLady 7 лет назад +1

    10:12 diamonds is a damn good example of this

  • @Kmonkey0517
    @Kmonkey0517 7 лет назад +4

    I'm not gonna lie, I miss the reading the comments by you and Ryan, Jared. :/

  • @mooxim
    @mooxim 7 лет назад +1

    Since I finished watching Black Mirror with a housemate of mine, I've been struggling to find something that can inspire the same kinds of conversations. I wonder if South Park could be what I've been looking for.

  • @rkincorporated
    @rkincorporated 7 лет назад +19

    It's odd that you take the Relational/Subjective Value idea from Baudrillard when it's existed since at least the late-1800's in the work of Menger, Jevons, Hayek, Keynes, etc. For an economic analysis, this is a lot more sociological than economic.

    • @crytic248
      @crytic248 7 лет назад +3

      I believe they chose Baudrillard because he is more recent and therefore more likely to have atleast been heard of, though that's merely my belief.

    • @rkincorporated
      @rkincorporated 7 лет назад +3

      MrGuvnah I mentioned Hayek and Keynes only cause they're more famous and still prior to Baudrillard. You can forgive a mainly philosophy channel for not knowing of Walras and Jevons, as they're barely even taught in Economics departments anymore

    • @MRCKify
      @MRCKify 7 лет назад +1

      I've noticed that when Wisecrack cites a thinker from after 1910, it tends to be some Postmodern sociologists and other Frankfurt school derivatives: Henry Giroux, Herbert Marcuse and so on.
      Given how mainstream economics is the hybrid of Pigovianism, Keynesianism and Samuelson-style MIT optimization math-heavy programs, I'm not surprised that the guys at Wisecrack haven't picked up many of the nuances of Freshwater perspectives.

    • @chrisrock219
      @chrisrock219 7 лет назад

      or Thorstein Veblen!!

    • @Blitzman1999
      @Blitzman1999 6 лет назад

      I know really. South Park clearly demonstrates free-market or libertarian leaning economic systems and arguments then any sort of post-modernist of Marxist economic theory. Subjective theory of value has been around for a long time and the post-modernist know how bad the labor theory of value is so they try to fix it with Baudrillard's argument. But it just naturally devolved into what capitalist and Austrians have been saying for years with the subjective theory of value. It's like their trying to make South Park themes into left-wing talking points when it is so clearly not.

  • @NelsonGuedes
    @NelsonGuedes 5 лет назад

    You guys should do another one with Margaritaville, Walmart, the KFC episode... there are tons of examples!

  • @iliveameme4930
    @iliveameme4930 7 лет назад +72

    Hey Wisecrack, does spiderman: homecoming talk about problems with capitalism?

    • @iliveameme4930
      @iliveameme4930 7 лет назад +44

      Horny Dog HAHAHAHAHAHAHahahahaha haha ha ha.....ha. good one

    • @iliveameme4930
      @iliveameme4930 7 лет назад +7

      Horny Dog, Hy dude, dnt get ur panties in a twist, I never said anything about which one is better, though I do like the concept of socialism personally, I think that it has its flaws much like I think capitalism has its flaws. Read what I wrote earlier clearly, don't rage.

    • @iliveameme4930
      @iliveameme4930 7 лет назад +1

      Bearrorist good point XD

    • @thezerfer9860
      @thezerfer9860 7 лет назад +8

      Horny Dog capitalism being better than communism doesn't mean it has no problem. Also how well do you actually understand communism

    • @JohnTaylor-fh4et
      @JohnTaylor-fh4et 7 лет назад +8

      Horny Dog , no such thing as a "free market", everything is controlled down to the penny. It's all about money & the upper class, we the working class don't factor in at all.

  • @dannykazari
    @dannykazari 7 лет назад +1

    Love all of these episodes!

  • @bencheevers6693
    @bencheevers6693 5 лет назад +3

    I feel like Wisecrack spent 3 months reading Beaudrillard and then needed to catch up so they pushed out a ton of videos referencing him.