Then perhaps the better analogy is finding the right thread to pull that unravels the entire curtain the wizards are hiding behind.
I'm not saying this to be argumentative, but I don't think there's necessarily some "right thread to pull". I think that real change is just a lot of hard work. Lots of people are already pulling threads. There's probably no thread unpulled.
Because the only reason they are content is because there is a lot they don't know about the people who coerce governments to their will and exploit their labor and Canada's wealth.
Then I guess step one is to tell them about this. But if they remain content once they know then there really isn't much of a step two.
It's not suffering that causes revolt. It is believing that specific people are causing you sufficient harm, and they will be replaced by something better
I think history suggests that if all goes well and a people revolt, then the evil can be removed and replaced by something better. Then the something better morphs into the new evil. Google "Robert Mugabe".