The CCP’s Cultural Weapon: Movies Built to Shape Obedience, Not Freedom

<![CDATA[The stories a culture tells are not just entertainment — they are blueprints for how people see the world, how they understand authority, and what they expect from life itself. And the stories China tells are very different from the ones we tell in the West. This gets into some deep territory — theories of storytelling, myth, and culture — but bear with me. You’ll follow it, and by the end, you’ll see why a film like Ne Zha 2 could become the most successful animated movie in history in China, while flopping in America.]]>