Santa Claus.<p>A white, male christian superhuman with the power to violate national sovereignty and property rights at will. Laws and locks are meaningless to him. He rewards the loyal with material goods, and punishes the wicked, all based on a secret list of names only he has access to. We&#x27;ve  been raised to consider this not only normal, but <i>just.</i> He&#x27;s on Coca-Cola cans, after all, so he can&#x27;t be bad. Everyone loves Coca-Cola, right?<p>Santa is the undisputed, unelected and untouchable master of a global industrial machine run on slave labor, subject to no environmental or labor laws, in which the slaves are brainwashed through candy and mindless jingoism into accepting their brutal lot as necessary for the greater good. It really is the ultimate American &quot;limited government&quot; power fantasy, down to the junk food and constant repetition of loyalty oaths to a theocratic God-king.<p>Clearly, one can tell from reading this thread that American style pop-cultural propaganda is alive and well on Hacker News. Congratulations on supporting the military industrial complex and furthering America&#x27;s goal of global cultural genocide by paying any attention at all to this &quot;parody&quot;, which only serves to mock and ridicule the very real and present threat that the NSA poses to human rights and civilization. I&#x27;m sure your handlers will reward you with milk and cookies. Or a nice refreshing Coke.<p>Sheeple.<p>Edit: downvoted by NSA shills... typical.