I'm sorting through my research material at the moment and paring it down into the most distilled and results-oriented stuff I can find. At the moment I'm wondering if perhaps there is something I have overlooked.
So, here is my question: who are the world's most skilled manipulators?
Now, you'll be tempted to say "politicians". While I'll agree that they are influential, they are the equivalent of a CEO at the head of "Manipulation Inc". They themselves do not hold all that much skill, and are easily caught unawares and unable to handle a changing situation. Rather, they coordinate those that can and do manipulate the public.
The only other type of restriction I've placed on this is the train of logic that would lead people to say "lawyers". These people are 90% beaurocrat, and a good lawyer isn't a good manipulator but rather just very good at paper work. Life doesn't resemble what you see on TV.
My list so far (in no particular order):
- Pick Up Artists (see PUA community)
- Hypnotists (therapeutic and entertainment, also includes NLP practitioners)
- Advertisers
- Sales professionals
- Psychiatrists
- Psychopaths and Sociopaths (not universally, but many of the successful ones)
- Grifters and Con Men
- Cult Leaders
- Trauma-based Mind Control Experts (some organizations do still practice this)
- Chinese thought-reform professionals
My suspicion is that this is a fairly complete list. These 10 categories cover the specialist thinking required to manipulate people in a live situation.
What I'd like to know is:
- Does anyone have any questions about an item on the above list?
- What should be added?
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