Today the Santa Claus story is separate from, but originates in Christmas, originally instituted, at least in part, for military might. The story is associated with jolly merriment and goodwill, yet frequently induces Santa Claus Syndrome, the distorted doublethink at the root of some of the world’s worst woes, worse than the reinforced stupefying materialism that is a more obvious immediate result of overexposure to the Santa Claus story.
The Santa Claus story is one of the most influential tales in the world because it focuses on the group most susceptible to influence; young children. It is also one of the most taboo subjects to criticize, despite most everyone accepting that it can make people unnecessarily materialistic and nearly always ends up upsetting children. It obviously can result in materialistic cravings, but S.C.S. is much worse than mere materialism. In fact, S.C.S. is taboo to mention in part because S.C.S. hinders our natural inclination to question, to address reality and confront lies.
The Santa Claus story took over
Christmas, which basically took over the pagan celebration of
Saturnalia. The subject of the Santa Claus story is a rabbit hole of
quite some depth, all strata of which reveal how even spiritual ideas
are used by authorities to steer thinking and being, even going so far
as to institute celebrating aversion to consideration of our thinking
and being, and reality in total....<<<Read The Full Article Here>>>...
