I mean in fairness, you used it exactly in the context where it makes sense, I was talking about activists. Activists are the footsoldiers of liberalism, they take legit problems poor people have and turn them into "causes." And then sabotage those causes from within.
See a brief history on how that works here: https://thumblesteen.medium.com/right-wing-and-left-wing-the-misunderstood-history-bf3ac56bd898
So there are no easy ways to reach middle class people, all you can really do is be principled, earn their trust, study really hard, and be able to answer all their questions. Like how Frederick Douglass convinced white people to try out abolition.