Decades of intense cultural manipulation and suppression of any pro-communist media. Also, the whole economic base affecting the superstructure thingimajig.

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And it is only because of his mother dying that brought us back in touch with each other after many years seperated.

No, their evil collectivist clapping is a damning sign of them being brutally forced to do as the gommunist authoritarian state DICTATES them to do or they will be publicly shot and whole extended family shot too, including pet hamster.

They just create excuses for any evidence that goes against their narrative.

If evidence shows ‘dictator’ is beloved -> the people are forced to revere them. If evidence shows fair elections -> the voting must be rigged somehow or perhaps coercion is used. If evidence shows functioning society -> the people must be actors and the buildings must be illusions or fakes or whatever. If evidence shows some form of typical surveillance apparatus -> it must be 1984, big brother is watching, don’t say bad thing because hidden microphones and you go to jail forever. And so on and so on.