I forgot that we now live in a Post-Stross Universe, where what Charlie Stross can imagine is now the upper bound on how positive the future can be.

A couple of hours after I wrote that post, I learned that *in reality* the toadies and Trumpanzees have perverted the #CocaCola #SantaClaus into something well beyond people's pessimistic imaginations.

https://mastodon.scot/@JdeBP/115776155828082944

American Coca-Cola Santa Claus is a menacing horror figure, now.

♪ "Holidays are coming!"

#USPolitics #ChristmasEve