This is not a top-down mind control conspiracy. This is worse. This is accidental, directionless brainwashing.

"Hey, what if Plato's Cave, except you are every single person in this metaphor, brainwashing yourself into things you already kinda believed due to your own biases?"

Make it about class. About old money trying to control the rich and the poor on different vectors. Really play up "why does he think the rich are smarter than you?" and "why does he want to brainwash the wealthy into hating Trump?"

I think there's a crack in the armor there you can wedge. "Why does one man dictate coverage both favorable and unfavorable to Trump depending on the wealth of the audience? What's HIS angle?"

Or making friends with your comic shop owner and being allowed to read the "good parts" of weak issues they had been reading behind the counter as staff.

Social engineering was a crucial part of retro fandom.

I tried to explain to my oldest (a retrochasing 90s kid in ways his siblings aren't) that being up to date in that era didn't just mean being online, it meant needing to buy MULTIPLE print magazines A WEEK for your special interests. Comics. Games. That the publishing market could support it!

Big ups. I'm also stealing this idea for my youngest daughter, so thank you.