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Bake it into parables in popular media, like putting your dog's medicine inside a tasty treat.
Or practicable, easily consumed media like zines, memes, art, etc.
The same message can be applied today but needs to be translated to modern language and examples for some audiences. Reading Kapital isn't for everyone. (Isn't there a graphic novel of Kapital now?)
Sign them up for a hexbear account and tell them it's a forum for liberals like them
I think even a graphic novel of capital won't work because people are against learning.
You have to trick them into learning
It can't all be on the unlearned though. If people are more stubborn and less enthused to learn then that means the teachers and thought-leaders have screwed up somewhere along the line as well.
I'm actually wondering if people treating theory as parables is a problem. It tends to gloss over the specific context in which events happen in favor of crafting a tidy and appealing (biased) narrative. If you're trying to use theory that way, and you want people to get a certain message, you will bend the theory to fit that message. You will ignore the things that don't support your analysis in favor of things that do.