I had a better way of articulating it, but I went with that.
So for the longest time I felt like I shouldn’t give people reasons behind an answer because you can put in the reasons behind it can sway their decisions. Also I know that I had incomplete data set. Humans do lean on each other to think and you can inject what idea and have it spread.
To attempt something more coherent. You can do propaganda when you try to reason. It’s just natural to talk as if they know and just bridge the gaps in their knowledge with any old phrase
I get where you’re coming from:
I gave the foundational definition of “manipulation” - as in “manipulate the lever”, to change the state of something - The reason I started with it is simple: I don’t want readers to assume the choice is between “not manipulating” by not interacting. Remember that the OP used “manipulation m” and “altering perspective” basically synonymous in their post - that’s why it was important to me to relate to that part.
In another context I’d start closer to what you’ve described! :)
Oh yeah I see what you mean now. My bad for misreading it