I was thinking about the very first verses that were revealed to the Prophet, peace be upon him and I got to thinking, "Why start with these?"
"Read in the name of thy Lord Who created. Created Mankind from a leach-like creature...."
'Thy Lord' establishes the relationship between man and deity. Man is under the control of no one else. Powerful individual empowerment right there!
'Created Mankind' brings down all the bullies, dictators and slave owners to the same level as you and me.
'From a leach-like creature' takes us all down to the lowest level of the invertebrate that lives in the slushy muck of the fields and clings to human skin and sucks blood, that an oasis dweller or the lowliest field worker is familiar with. No specialized knowledge required here. Even my tormentor started out like this, so what gives him superiority over me? Awareness of self should follow. I am no better or worse than any one else.
Fast forward 14 plus centuries and what do we find?
One of the ealiest stages of the human embryo is a leach like creature that hangs form the wall of the uterus and sucks blood to help it grow.
'Nuf said!

There are often letters to the editor about what Islam advocates and what it does not. Both sides quote passages to support their various claims.
My muslim brethren forget that although Islam has a long list of Do's and Don't's for believers in the system, one thing that they are not required to do, is, defend Islam or the Quran.
Islam has survived inspite of Muslims and not because of them.
The Quran addresses every situation that human beings encounter in this world. Islam is a package deal, take it or leave it. The
Quran needs no defence, and certainly, no apology!
The bottom line is that this Book has proved to be unalterable and inimitable.
Which other scripture can make this claim?

Re your question about a vaccine against ignorance;
1- To my way of thinking, I don't think it will be possible. Out of all creation, we are the only ones endowed with knowledge. we are sort of programmed for it. Remember when Allah said that he taught Adam the names of all things? So ignorance is not inherent, it is wilfully acquired! (Radical enough for you?)
2-To help with self awareness, I was thinking that advertising is a very poweful tool. But the slogans have to be very carefully chosen - nothing negative or threatening. Remember all those dire warnings about the dangers of smoking didn't have much effect on those who would not listen.
3- Then, the Quran says in many places to not make your heart heavy if people do not heed. That is not your job.

Ther's no such word as "encaged".

As I said earlier, all ‘material’ matter, is made up of atoms which are just illusions because of the motion of their particles. It turns out, that even these particles are not real. The best way to describe them, I think, is to call them holograms.
The human body and its brain is also material and hence an illusion. So the chemicals inside it, which store memories and stuff, are also part of the same matrix.
Culture is nothing more than a bunch of chemicals stored as memories, picked up from the environment since birth. Are we on the same page, so far?
Now comes the absolutely beautiful part, which I thought up when I read your comment:-
When you say la ilaha illallah, you transcend the material world. You escape from the matrix that has you encaged in all these illusions.
Now, we are ready to get the right perspective on things and on our existence. All this Rizq is just equipment to use in the best possible way.
How’s that?