The worst kind of manipulation is the kind you can't see. If I manipulate you to do something you may think you're free. Imagine what it truly is though. It is someone taking advantage of your existence. They are taking away your freedom momentarily. It's scary. I've witnessed it, I've done it. I try not to practice the machavallian techniques but somehow it is subconscious.
Freedom isn't real if we think we're free and we're not.
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