A story can be more powerful than 1,000 laws. In fact, an entire government can come crashing down at the hands of a group of people united by stories. Likewise, entire civilizations are built on stories.
Stories represent more than entertaining tales; they often contain foundational principles that we take with us into our lives. Psychologically speaking, when we hear a tale, we put ourselves into it without even knowing it, and so when we hear stories, we're doing more than being entertained; we're absorbing their messages into our personality. It's not often discussed, but when you stop to consider the stories you grew up on and the stories you still imbibe, you'll start to recognize what it means to you.
You'll also start to realize that certain civilizations have certain stories that feed them. Western civilization has a myriad of tales that tell us of valor, goodness, leadership, and perseverance. We're told these tales growing up, and when we grow up, we continue to enjoy these tales of heroism and bravery. Our stories are a big part of the reason Western civilization became as great as it is.
So, if you were an enemy of Western civilization, then your goal would be to destroy our stories.
You would take stories like "The Lord of the Rings" and corrupt it, feminize it, and subjectify evil. You would do the same to the likes of "Star Wars" and "The Chronicles of Narnia."
You would do the same to "The Odyssey."
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I'm sure you've noticed the same pattern throughout our media. It's not an accident that everything is getting a reboot or a remake, and that each one follows the same pattern. It's deconstructed, its heroes and morals watered down, and in its place is something more nihilistic and cynical, or as I've seen the excuse time and again, "made for the world we live in today."
Even that part's a lie. Our world isn't so cynical. Just look at the success films like "Project Hail Mary" have seen. How people rave over games like "PRAGMATA." We aren't hopeless and resigned, but they sure want people to think everyone else is.
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If they can eliminate your stories, they can demoralize you far more easily. You no longer have that rallying idea or that example of selfless valor to follow. You're less likely to pick yourself back up and try again, just like that character you love did. You have less inspiration to persevere. You won't just fold faster; you may even convert to their way of thinking, with yours having been so thoroughly overcome that it can offer no rebuttal.
Yes, your country is under attack, but the battlefield isn't just in Washington and in the streets of blue cities. It's on the screens and the speakers. They're trying to erode your culture from under you, and they're winning.
The left is on the attack, and what's more, because they understand the nature of this fight, they're defending their own stories.
Look at how brutally and viciously they defend their stories and their figures of importance. They have zero problem with being hypocrites when it comes to "cultural appropriation" if it means that they can push their message into anything.
Moreover, if we attack someone important to them on a narrative level, they respond in force.
Case in point, you may not have watched "The Roast of Kevin Hart" on Netflix, but there was a moment where comedian Tony Hinchcliffe made a joke that George Floyd "is looking up at us all, laughing so hard that he can’t breathe."
Here's Tony Hinchcliffe's George Floyd joke at the Netflix roast of Kevin Hart that has BLM's panties in a bunch. pic.twitter.com/xipMV0bn0F
— Libby Emmons (@libbyemmons) May 15, 2026
As you know, Floyd is a hero to the left. He was used as a rallying figure for the Black Lives Matter riots and continues to be something of a saintly figure for the left. A representation of every evil they've ever accused Western culture of having.
Already, the gears are moving to bring Netflix to task for daring to let the image of St. Floyd be made light of, as reported by The Post Millennial:
Black Lives Matter Minnesota Monique Cullars-Doty, Black Lives Matter Minnesota co-founder Trahern Crews, and Armstrong are calling for Hinchcliffe to apologize directly to the family of George Floyd, "a public statement and accountability measures from Netflix," a public statement from Hart condemning the joke, and "the removal or editing of the segment from future broadcasts and streaming distribution."
Will Hinchcliffe apologize? Probably not.
Will Netflix cave? That's up in the air.
But the point is that action is being taken by the left to see to it that their holy figure is being respected and revered. Why? Because if Floyd is a sacred cow, then everything he represents is a sacred cow too. It can be the predominant ideology in mainstream circles, and people WILL be affected by that.
The left understands the value of a story, and the right should start understanding, too.
