You Have 0 Friends :(

South Park is infamous for pointing out American society's hegemonic norms, their faults, misconceptions, and ridiculousness. In this clip from the episode "You Have 0 Friends," Stan is forced by Kyle to create a Facebook account. Besides being completely hilarious, I think this episode speaks volumes of some of the hegemonic norms of our generation, which are based on technological advances focused on social networking sites like Facebook or Twitter. Not only is it important to have a Facebook account, but having the most friends or followers is what we are supposed to strive for. This idea of having the most friends or being the most popular is creepily similar to high school. The popular kid always had the most friends. Where does this hegemonic norm come from? Power (money) is everything according to Marx, and if having the most friends makes one feel powerful, then they are the acceptable crowd. "You Have 0 Friends" criticizes the fact that people are so easily sucked into fads or trends. It points out that relationships can be real, outside of the internet world. Though South Park has the tendency to exaggerate topics and situations, this one seems to be quite accurate to me.