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[Samurai Jack] What is Aku's influence in everyday life?

I see statues of Aku, and my apartment building has horn protrusions, and the smokestacks on the train I took have horn protrusions, and so does pretty much everything, but are these supposed to remind of something? Am I supposed to do a call to prayer to Aku everyday? And I haven't seen him give a televised speech or anything either.
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Usual evil empire schtick. Overlord gets to do whatever he wants, and if you do anything to oppose him you get crushed (usually by his minions because he's busy running a global empire). Any political faction that swears loyalty directly to the overlord is given authority and his protection. They get to do whatever they want because opposing them is the same as opposing the overlord. Anyone who tries to oppose the overlord or one of his minions is killed (if they're lucky).

And this is *global*.

Obviously, this power gets abused in the most awful ways the dark lord and his minions can imagine. Raiding and pillaging? Check. Slavery? Check. Blood sport? Check. Murderous rampages? Check. Sure, if you live in a major economic center the people in charge try to enforce *some* stability so that they can get richer. But there's no justice or rule of law.