here's a short little text i wrote in early 2022 to help you understand how to identify manipulators, and manipulation, and what the best countermeasures are for them

https://gist.github.com/mleku/ebc69873963c0f1c74729bac8a577796

you will find that basically half the world is a fanatic for some cult or another these days. since the days of Bernays almost everything in corporate and political activity is riddled with 3 or more of the tactics i describe in there.

playing the victim is what i labeled "chasten" to shame the victim. charge (accuse) is asserting that the wrong intentions of the attacker are of the victim of the attack. and all the rest.

i'm thinking about making a little package of flashcards, small and large posters and a little booklet around the content of this document. i wrote it after realising i had been manipulated by a shitcoin project founder (extremely blatantly) and watched his manipulative treatment of coworkers and they 3 monthly "team building" meetings which i refused to go to because i didn't want to be forced to get the jab. 3 or more of these tactics being used is a full confidence estimation that you are dealing with a manipulator.