I use a method for political conversations with people i know wouldn't agree with me first by asking the person to describe their worries with living in this country, what about the future makes them nervous? After allowing them to speak, sometimes for quite awhile, sometimes intersecting just to drive them back from going on too long a tangent if necessary. Then when I feel an appropriate opening, usually a trail off or longer pause, I start by breaking down how the system at play over our lives creates or makes those problems worse. Without mentioning specifically it's the system I'm talking about, use a little hot words as possible to avoid cognitive dissonance. Once I get them in agreement with the majority of what I've said, I follow it up with how the political system I've studied and aligned with could be introduced, sometimes with direct examples of it being done before, again never mentioning the name of this system, and most of the time this has been effective. Once I find an opening to do so with impact, I drop the ball of just what they were favorable for. Certain people this has planted a seed, others who i have more time to spend with, I have brought people fully around to the point they start asking me questions on their own.

Most of the time, changing people's perspective involves patience and understanding of why they might think the way they do. Being gentle with folks helps invite them to the table, rather than slam a door in their face.