Satire at its finest: South Park takes on Trump's martial takeover, AI and tech bros
Briefly

South Park's 27th season generated controversy and high ratings by targeting the Trump administration, ICE raids, Kristi Noem, and artificial intelligence. An early episode mocked ICE raids and Kristi Noem's alleged cruelty and surgeries while explicitly lampooning Donald Trump. A later instalment follows Randy Marsh after his Tegridy Weed farm is raided, leaving only Towelie as an employee; Randy consults ChatGPT, rebrands as Techridy with an escaped Mexican worker and ketamine, and attempts to commercialize AI-powered marijuana. In Washington, Trump transforms the capital into a dystopian, self-aggrandizing police state. ChatGPT's advice fails, leading Randy to sell Tegridy Farms and return his family to the suburbs.
Meanwhile, in Washington, President Trump takes a break from receiving lavish gifts (as well as assurances that you do not have a small penis) from politicians, business titans and foreign leaders to remake the capital into a dystopian police state festooned with his own image (which includes his less-than-impressive member). The two storylines converge when Randy attempts to bribe Trump into legalising marijuana nationwide by bequeathing Towelie to him.
Last week's episode took aim at the Trump administration's brutal Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (Ice) raids, poked fun at secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem's penchant for puppy murder and cosmetic surgery (Noem has since climbed atop her moral high horse and accused the show of sexism), and of course, Donald Trump himself. Along with Trump's martial takeover of Washington DC, this week's instalment, titled Sickofancy, takes aim at artificial intelligence (specifically ChatGPT) and the larger tech-bro industry.
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