Where to draw the line between what is an acceptable or appropriate use of influence—and what is manipulation
Influence can be benign and appropriate but manipulation never is.Global manipulation deprives a person of moral goods such as autonomy, dignity, self-worth, and self-trust.
You’ve met a person who tries to convince you that up is down, right is wrong, and black is white. This person has a deep investment in your coming to see the world as he does. He can employ various strategies and tactics. He may cajole, belittle, or question your and sanity. He may conjure “facts” or lay claim to knowledge that he alone possesses. In short, he tries whatever he can to bring you into The Manipulatrix, a reality manufactured for his own needs, wants, or ends.Manipulation is a specific form of influence. All forms of manipulation are influence but not all forms of influence are manipulation. The challenge has always been drawing the line between what is an acceptable or appropriate use of influence and what is manipulation.
Manipulation, on the other hand, tends to have the interest of the manipulator front and center, though this may be very effectively disguised. In its localized or episodic form, manipulation erodes a person’s certainty about a particular subject. For example, a longtime employee of a company may regularly dismiss the suggestions offered by a new employee, referring to him as too young or inexperienced.
With localized or episodic manipulation, the doubt created and perhaps diligently tended begins to undermine a person’s agency and authority. Where before he may have acted with
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