This is one of the most imaginative and insightful Marxian analyses of the story of Santa Claus we’ve ever seen.
The author points out how the story reproduces capitalist propaganda about happy labor (elves), the spontaneous generation of wealth and the ahistorical nature of how commodities are generated. This is similar to the way capitalists present commodities to consumers at the market in everyday life. De-Disneyfy your children’s concept of Santa Claus if it’s not too late.
Read in CounterPunch
