WHO CONTROLS THE NARRATIVES?

Fri 24 July 2026:

What’s so terrifying about it? That $50 billion needs to be spent to go buy Tik Tok. I tell you what’s terrifying about it. What’s terrifying is that people will listen and their hearts will change. Is that humanity is dead and people’s hearts are naturally evil.

Sami Hamdi examines the behind-the-scenes of global media and perception management. He emphasizes that the real issue is not “who controls the perception,” but “which stories we tell each other.”

He explains how socio-historical memory shapes societies, from Hollywood’s hero narratives to the historical realities in Bosnia and Algeria. He also highlights the role of platforms like TikTok in amplifying the voices of ordinary people and how this has shaken the status quo. Reminding that hatred is easy, while love and humanity are difficult, he invites everyone to tell their own story and advocate for justice.

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Now, I tell you why I love Hollywood. Not love. I respect Hollywood. I have to be very careful. I respect Hollywood.

Because think about what Hollywood teaches you. Hollywood teaches you. The other day I was uh or a few months back, I have a son, Suleman, who’s 6 years old, my second born. I said to Suleman, “Yeah, what do you want me to bring you from wherever it is I was traveling?” He said, “Baba, I want a Spider-Man suit.” I thought about it for a while. I said, “That’s very cute, but my son is 6 years old, and in his mind, the superheroes of the world are Spider-Man.

The superheroes of the world are not those who defended righteousness and justice. The superheroes are not those who created good in the world. It’s a fictional superhero that he saw on TV.” And it made me think, the reason I respect Hollywood is consider this.

Hollywood show you movies that America can ruin the world and destroy it but the hero will be America and somebody who speaks in an American accent. Trevor Noah had this clip about villains and heroes and he said there are some accents that when we hear them we don’t associate them with heroes and villains.

He said for example and this is not intended to be disrespect. This is Trevor Noah is saying you can’t imagine an Indian villain and he does the accent which I won’t do because it’s inappropriate but he does the accent and he says does that sound like a villain?

And then he says Russian sounds like a villain I want to suck your blood you know like things. But why? And and and when you think about it’s because all of the movies of the past 40 years who’s the villain the Russians. You are brought up in that you register that when you when you see a villain the villain will have a Russian accent.