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.
"Yes, and movies are based on things that happened or things people believed."
I was attempting to tell a coworker that Marvel movies are pro-CIA and pro-imperialism, to which the response was "They're just movies. You just gotta turn your brain off and enjoy them"
Yeah sorry I don't enjoy DoD financed propaganda
Unfortunately we have to start from square one or we sound like conspiracy theorists (it ain't a conspiracy if the CIA explicitly says they do it but w/e). Specific examples first, then connect them once enough clues are gathered.
"So Iron Man just wins at Afghanistan because he has better guns? And he's fighting in Afghanistan because the terrorists have guns he built in the first place? That sounds a lot like... hey, ever see that movie War Dogs? Pretty good comedy, check it out some time."