Manipulation

People who buy into manipulation almost never realize they’re being manipulated.

The most effective and the most harmful forms of manipulation are those which are only half bullshit.

Appealing to people who don’t know any better is a tale as old as time, but appealing to otherwise intelligent people by manipulating their blind spots is like pouring gas on fire and makes for a much more efficient and profitable acquisition system.

Study all the best thought leaders who did bad things, the common theme is that they’re only half full of shit. That’s a really tough pill for some to swallow.

A percentage of every dollar makes its way into someone’s pocket. If they didn’t profit, they wouldn’t do it. You know why? Because you don’t need to profit in order to do it. There doesn’t need to be a [mechanism] built around likeminded people enjoying spending time together. People can do this for free.

But here’s the thing, the leaders are smart and they know there’s a lot of depressed lonely people in the world who don’t have the community and friends they desperately crave. So, they simply SELL IT TO THEM.

I think the vast majority of people in this country are deprived of their social requirements and people will literally do anything that makes them feel good, especially if they’re also led to believe that it is actually good for them. Manipulation is a funny thing amongst us territorial apes, and us territorial apes don’t know what we don’t know, so there’s such a lucrative opportunity for charlatans who are privy to human psychology by manipulating agasint peoples blind spots.

I think when people have unmet social and psychological needs, and when they lack relationships with others who value their individuality and inquire about them and their thoughts, they will start looking for and latching onto things that make them feel good and that which provokes a response. THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LOVE AND ATTENTION.

So, when people don’t get the attention they require from their relationships, they start SUBCONSCIOUSLY buying into and repeating ANY behavior that delivers the attention they need.

There is vindication in victimhood and there’s a feeling of unity in community (hence commUNITY). To think that people don’t capitalize on & manipulate these truths which are as old as time is just plain naive.

The Takeaway? Unconditional Love, Empathy & Community.