“people not only allow themselves to be manipulated are not nearly as puzzling as that so many actually wish to be manipulated.”
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Interesting.
You’d be surprised at how easy it is to produce behavioral and attitude changes in folks - and how the process can snowball....look at how many now accept without any consternation so many societal changes that would have had armed folks in the streets 50 years ago...most of us claim to hate the PC movement while actually following many if the diktats of it...(the word “diktats” is a purposeful hint at what I’m saying)...
One example is “Stockholm Syndrome” - this is like that on a huge scale...