We once read a book called "Feed" in high school - a ham fisted anti-capitalist book. Wherein citizens are 100% connected to an internet like service that only exists to sell them products. 90% of the class couldnt get it. Even when the teacher sat down and explained the entire plot of the book they still couldnt wrap their head around it.
I have people in my family that don't accept that Snowpiercer or Squid Game are discussions of capitalism from the South Korean perspective and how shitty that country has fared under it.
Watching Bong Joon Ho's oeuvre and coming away thinking the dude just really likes slapstick tragedy