Whatever people use to position themselves publicly, whatever they sell, any modern person who doesn't know, for example, that advertising and PR are the means to get attention, sales, turnover and reputation, is not a victim but prefers not to know, since ever modern adult with a mobile device and internet access knows that advertising is manipulative and that anyone who earns money advertising via his Internet presence uses certain manipulation techniques - he builds an image, a brand from himself. You too, by the way, through the clickbait headline and certain themes that recur (I don't exclude myself).
I might actually take you seriously if you were, say, a lawyer and your argumentation was written in a purely legal/technical/objective way, or if you just blogged as a normal guy from your everyday life and I could witness anecdotally that you are neither the classic masculine success guy with a fast car (my house, my car, my boat), nor the yoga-driving enlightened eso guy who understands women.
I'm not really sure of your logic here since the truth doesn't need to be convincing and it can be arrived at without focusing so much on any messengers involved.