In a game called Stellaris (space 4x type game) you can find primitive civilizations and infiltrate their society and basically take control through the shadows.
This is not an outlandish idea.
Basically humanity was headed towards a slave colony, or has been one. The best kind of prison is the one with no walls and the prisoners don't even know they are in one.
To certain entities, emotion is food. Some feed of fear, chaos and violence... Hence the ritual sacrifices, endless wars, mass media scaring everyone.
You must be open-minded. The space force wasn't created by accident and UFO declasses are dropping.
Also remember this, if there are baddy ETs, there a good ETs.
Plant the seeds, they won’t begin to flower until light shines upon them. Humanity is barely capable of handling the concept of self interested elites carrying out a self interested agenda even though it seeps through every crack in our reality. Small minds carry small ideas. Don’t get discouraged. Just remember you may seem wrong for this moment but you will be right for an eternity after. ;)
This community should be leading the charge, but yeah, you make a great point about people being close minded about such things.