Someone who lies through their teeth to get their way, but they have no foresight whatsoever to see the end results of their actions. Essentially, they brainwash people into obeying them without hesitation, then use said people to ruin their own life without realizing it.
My congressman tricked congress into passing a bill that legalized having religious books in schools. Now they're panicking that other religious people are also putting their books in schools. What a manipulative fool.
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This theory focuses on the strategic alteration of authentic evidence to change its meaning. Unlike fabrication, it starts with something real—a data set, a photo, a quote—and then deliberately distorts it through selective editing, misleading context, or improper analysis. The goal is to make the genuine evidence tell a lie, preserving a veneer of authenticity while perverting its truth.
Manipulated Evidence Theory Example: A politician is recorded saying, "We need to invest in this community." The clip is manipulated by an opponent's ad team to loop and truncate it as: "We need to invest... in this." implying selfish intent. The audio is real, but its meaning has been surgically reversed. This is evidence manipulation as a dark art of context-shifting.
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It’s not weakness. It’s strategic surrender with a touch of emotional aikido.
It’s not weakness. It’s strategic surrender with a touch of emotional aikido.
> — Did you really agree with your boss about that terrible idea?
— Yep… pure manipulidism. No way I was starting that argument.
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> Sometimes, manipulidism is smarter than confrontation. Let them win the battle—they won’t even know they lost the war.
— Yep… pure manipulidism. No way I was starting that argument.
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> Sometimes, manipulidism is smarter than confrontation. Let them win the battle—they won’t even know they lost the war.
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Many famous --- or INfamous, perhaps --- people were master manipulaters, unfeelingly compelling their followers/subjects to wait absurd lengths of time for them to make important decisions, perform tasks/improvements, complete literary/art/musical compositions, etc.
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A term coined by Samawnline which refers to a person or character who manipulates people in multiple categories and on different levels, who rarely, if ever, shares their real thoughts, and who is often villainous.
John is exhibiting meta manipulation, as we know that anyone who believe they're in on his secrets are themselves being manipulated.
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