Smug Alert!
In the smug episode of South Park, the truth of how people act when they are fortunate enough to have an income to support a lifestyle above and beyond most in the United States is supported by this episode. Many people believe that all people should live the green lifestyle, but the reality is only the ones with the money can live the perfect green lifestyle. To the people who are just trying to make it in the short term, the long term of having a nest egg to retire on is put in a bubble that is never looked at. People today are full of themselves. Like in the episode, all people can smell are themselves, and shun the people that do not live the way they do. One of the interesting things about the U.S. culture is no one is really content with what they have in front of them and often lose sight of what is important. Society is so worried about keeping up with the Jones’s, they look past the important aspects of their lives.
