By Joe Jarvis
It’s not bad to study how to manipulate people.
We study plenty of things that you shouldn’t do: war, crime, genocide.
Understanding how these things happen is key to avoiding them in the future.
We need to study manipulation to make sure others cannot wield that power over us.
That is why no information should be off limits. Learning how to accomplish evil deeds allows us to prevent ourselves from becoming the victims, or tools, of evildoers.
There’s a reason rulers banned the printing press and burned books. They considered knowledge dangerous… because it is. It is dangerous to those who would keep us ignorant of their tactics to hold power over us.
1. The 48 Laws of Power
The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene causes the simple-minded to protest.
Laws of power include such gems as:
- Learn to keep people dependent on you
- Pose as a friend, work as a spy
- Do not commit to anyone
- Play to people’s fantasies
But there is also some great advice which we can use without scruples:
- Win through your actions, never through argument
- When asking for help, appeal to people’s self -interest, never to their mercy or gratitude
- Know who you’re dealing with, do not offend the wrong person
- Plan all the way to the end…
2. Rules for Radicals
In Rules for Radicals, Saul Alinsky provided the blueprint for such power-hungry sociopaths like Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
He suggested stoking divisions and creating a common enemy in order to accomplish your goals… Read the rest of this entry »
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