"My claim is the truly powerful do _not_ manipulate in the way you're 
describing.  They are more surgical in their methods.  The power gained by your 
coarser manipulation is temporary and fickle.  The power gained by steadily 
punching holes in convictions is more permanent."

Persuasion happens between minds.  What you are describing is not scalable.    
The surgical intervention has to be done on the right people, not individuals 
of low conviction.   They just fall in line to the right manipulator.  

Marcus

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