Cartmanland

Posted by Hiraghm 11 years, 6 months ago to Video
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South Park has an interesting story about money and "social justice".

Cartman inherits a million dollars and buys his own theme park. Kyle gets a hemorrhoid, and blames God.
The interesting part is where


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  • Posted by CircuitGuy 11 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I haven't seen it, but it sounds like the the "moral" of the story it would have been better for Kyle to find some joy in Cartman's good fortune rather than his misfortune. I strongly agree.

    Kyle fell into what Ellsworth Toohey promoted and what Gail Wynand got sucked into at the beginning of Fountainhead: They can't stand to see people going out and succeeding in honest endeavors. Wynand seemed to fear that anyone else's success / self-determination was one step toward his childhood nightmare of constantly being dismissed with "You don't run things here!" Toohey's motivations were less clear. He just liked sabotaging people, perhaps to make them get on board his worldview of misguided charity.

    Kyle reminds me of Wynand. When he's in his fifties he'll drive through the northwoods to meet a lover and have a change of heart.
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  • Posted by Rocky_Road 11 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I saw it as demonstrating a very simple human trait: misery loves company.

    Kyle felt abandoned by God, since he was miserable and Cartman wasn't. Just as soon as Cartman was as unhappy as Kyle, Kyle's faith in God was restored....

    Keep in mind that South Park is all about sarcasm.
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  • Posted by Rozar 11 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Do you mean like you shouldn't look to others success or failure for happiness?
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  • Posted by 11 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    doh. bad editing. I realized I needed to go somewhere, went to check the clock, realized I was running late, and just hit return and left, not realizing I was in the middle of a sentence lol.

    Now if I can recall what I was about to say...

    Oh yeah... the interesting part was where Kyle regains his belief in God because Cartman was unhappy and suffering. What I thought of at that point was Rand's assertion in AS that there is nothing immoral or unjust in our being happy. As if Cartman's theme park had anything to do with Kyle and his hemorrhoid.
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  • Posted by $ Maphesdus 11 years, 6 months ago
    "The interesting part is where"
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    I like that part, too. :)
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