>>151650416
Santa Claus is an agent of Nietzchean master morality. If we accept the premise that Santa decides who is "naughty" and "nice" and that the quality of the reward correlates to the degree of some virtue, then Santa Claus does not follow Christian or utilitarian "slave morality". "Slave morality" is of course a type of morality that values things like kindness, humility, sympathy, and equality. It is a morality designed to ease the suffering of the weak. If Santa followed slave morality then he would EITHER give better gifts to children who need it the most to alleviate suffering or at least reward kids who behave in such a morally good way. And he would judge a poor child’s struggle to be good as "more virtuous" than a rich child’s easy compliance. Similar to the story in the bible about the widow's offering (Mark 12:41-44).

But empirical evidence contradict this. Santa consistently deliver superior gifts to wealthy children, Santa validates their status. He is essentially declaring that their state of being (their 'richness' is synonymous with being "nice" while the poor are synonymous with being "naughty"). The child is rewarded, not because of better behaviour, but for possessing the attributes of the "Master" (aboundance and power).

Santa Claus functions as an Übermensch-like figure who imposes his own values upon the world without apology. He does not ask what the children **need** (a charitable/slave morality question) or even what they deserve from their own behaviour; he grants them what reflects their nature. To the powerful (the rich) he grants tools of leisure and dominance (expensive electronics, toys etc.) and to the weak he grants symbols of their station (utilitarian goods, socks, or even nothing at all).

>>151650614
Santa Claus' actions demonstrate that he views wealth and power as the ultimate virtues. He rewards the "Good" (the rich/noble) with tribute befitting their status and dismisses the "Bad" (the poor/weak) with token acknowledgments (if anything at all). The "Naughty List" is not a record of moral transgressions in the Christian sense (lying, stealing). In this framework, to be "naughty" is to be weak, unsuccessful, or lacking in the life-affirming accumulation of power. Poverty, under Santa’s Master Morality, is the ultimate form of naughtiness because it represents a lack of power. Therefore perfectly embodying the non-egalitarian, strength-worshipping ethos of Master Morality.

That is why Santa Claus is an asshole.

>>151650614
>>151650635
So you're saying the socioeconomic reality is that the rich get rich things and the poor get poor things?

It would be nice if I could find this clip in better quality.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHTQeIC0nUg

>>151650416
meritocracy

>>151650767
No, Santa is not affected by any socioeconomic realities. He makes everything himself with elves and magic. Socioeconomic realities has nothing to do with it

>>151650416
It was a different time, and also he was mostly just clueless.