When institutions forget their purpose, they program people to obey. Freedom survives only where conscience outranks code. In The Winter Soldier, Bucky Barnes and Steve Rogers give us the two paths: become the system’s instrument or become its conscience. The Programmed Citizen (Bucky Barnes) Bucky isn’t born a villain; he’s repurposed. HYDRA wipes his memory, … Continue reading The Winter Soldier Within: Bucky vs. Steve — Programmed Citizen vs. Moral Resistor