Quotes About Manipulation

The Left relies upon the politics of fantasy to tempt voters.

Rubio's supporters must believe rank-and-file Republican voters are really stupid - or so desperate they can be persuaded that up is down, a leopard can change its spots, and a dozen bilingual unicorns will lead off Rubio's inaugural parade.

Among the things I know is that Trump voters were played for suckers.

Pre-poll and exit polls have now become a commercial proposition. No longer are they viewed as means for a debate or means for enriching the voters and improving the quality of political campaigns. They have become yet another way of manipulation.

Even when they are trying to deceive the voters, the Democrats are incompetent.

Unfortunately, there is a tendency among political elites to distrust the opinions of ordinary people. They are perceived to base their views on dark instincts and unjustified fears, rather than on rational choices. European voters, however, are highly educated, and it is ridiculous to suppose they can be easily fooled or manipulated.

Ever since 'Single White Female,' the 1990 novel which was turned into a supremely scary film, the idea of a seemingly normal woman who will stop at nothing to get what she wants has become an abiding literary trope.

Lying is an elementary means of self-defense.

Consumerist ads brainwash us into individualist and egotistic self-love.

Hate sells.

Serial killing is not about sex at all, but about power and control and revenge on society.

Sham liberty will be proclaimed everywhere.

If you're shameless enough, you can sell anything.

If politics is a game of shrewd and knowing men, Trump has ruined it.

Trump has learned over his long career as a lying liar who lies that none of his stories have to be true.

They had me doing Beach Boys remakes and all that. I was basically a marionette.

There are absolutely ways to manipulate behavior, because our behavior is endlessly being manipulated by the world around us.

I can tell if I'm being lied to or manipulated a little better than most. It's definitely an advantage for me.

The thing about astroturfing is that it can be really believable.

Using his gift for fundamentalist rhetoric and adroitly manipulating the religious indoctrination Elizabeth had received since she was old enough to talk, Mitchell cowed the girl into becoming an utterly submissive polygamous concubine—buttressing his powers of theological persuasion with threats to kill her and her family.

To Dennis, "undoubtedly the easiest way to unite and animate large numbers in political association for action is to exploit the dynamic forces of hatred and fear.

It is slightly chilling to realize there are rational, functional people up there employed to spot, nurture, and exploit those down here among us who are irrational and can barely cope. If you want to know how stupid you're perceived to be by the people up there, count the unsolicited junk mail you receive. If you get a lot, you're perceived to be alluringly stupid.

We don't want obvious exploitation. We want smoke-and-mirrors exploitation.

His second message was that a smart orator could, if he knew the tricks, hypnotize the crowd into acquiescence or whip it up to do his bidding. Le Bon listed the tricks: 'A crowd is only impressed by excessive sentiments. Exaggerate, affirm, resort to repetition, and never attempt to prove anything by reasoning.