{"id":14758,"date":"2021-11-27T21:54:12","date_gmt":"2021-11-27T21:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/weve-all-decided-centralized-banking-is-rigged-south-park-episode-features-a-bitcoin-only-future\/"},"modified":"2021-11-27T21:54:12","modified_gmt":"2021-11-27T21:54:12","slug":"weve-all-decided-centralized-banking-is-rigged-south-park-episode-features-a-bitcoin-only-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/weve-all-decided-centralized-banking-is-rigged-south-park-episode-features-a-bitcoin-only-future\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We\u2019ve All Decided Centralized Banking Is Rigged\u2019 \u2014 South Park Episode Features a Bitcoin-Only Future"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Park\u2019s recent episode called the \u201cPost COVID\u201d special mocks a future where the only currency accepted is bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. The hour-long animated sitcom picks up years into the future where the main characters are now all grown up, except Kenny McCormick who is dead.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stan Pays for a 1 Night Stay at the \u2018Super 12 Motel Plus\u2019 in the Future Using Bitcoin<\/h2>\n

The popular television sitcom South Park featured on Comedy Central is extremely well known in today\u2019s pop culture ever since Trey Parker and Matt Stone created the show in 1997. Over the last 24 years, the animated sitcom has aired more than 300 episodes and in more recent times, Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormick have been dealing with an interesting world. In the latest episode called \u201cPost COVID,\u201d Stan, who is now an online whiskey consultant, is told by Kyle that Kenny had passed away.<\/p>\n

When Stan decides to go to Kenny\u2019s funeral services, he spends his stay at the Super 12 Motel Plus and is greeted by a clerk who explains Stan booked one of the motel\u2019s Mach 10 Super Plus rooms. \u201cNow of course we only take bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies,\u201d the motel clerk says to Stan<\/a>. \u201cBecause\u2026 ya know \u2014 It\u2019s the future \u2014 we\u2019ve all decided centralized banking is rigged so we trust more in fly-by-night Ponzi schemes,\u201d the Super 12 Motel Plus clerk added. \u201cYeah, I know,\u201d Stan sighs and hands the clerk a card bearing the bitcoin logo on it with a QR code.<\/p>\n

Bitcoin Has Been Featured on Television Since 2012<\/h2>\n

Bitcoin has been featured in a number of television series\u2019 episodes during the last decade and in various settings. This year bitcoin was mentioned on Marvel Cinematic Universe\u2019s action drama television show \u201cThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier.\u201d Bitcoin has been featured on the American comedy-drama series \u201cShameless\u201d on multiple occasions. The leading crypto asset was also mentioned on two occasions on the American television game show Jeopardy.<\/p>\n

Before South Park, bitcoin appeared on the shows \u201cParks and Recreation,\u201d \u201cMr. Robot,\u201d \u201cMorgan Spurlock Inside Man,\u201d \u201cNavy CIS LA,\u201d \u201cAlmost Human,\u201d \u201cHouse of Cards,\u201d and \u201cThe Big Bang Theory.\u201d Bitcoin\u2019s first mention on television was on an episode of \u201cThe Good Wife\u201d in 2012 and Krusty the Clown from \u201cThe Simpsons\u201d mentioned the cryptocurrency the following year.<\/p>\n

What do you think about South Park mocking a bitcoin-only world in the latest episode? Let us know what you think about this subject in the comments section below.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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