I don't think it's very easy to do at this point, after all this time building anti-manipulation defenses. But I hate being manipulated. When people try to tell me a story in a way that tries to get me to think a particular thing... I don't appreciate it.
When people feel, like the old media, it was their DUTY to lead me to a smart conclusion, according to them, well, that sort of manipulation is especially infuriating. While I myself do not feel vulnerable in the least to many of the mainstream manipulations of the media, of local bias, and the sort, I still lament having to watch as manipulation works wonders on people.
Bad wonders, but wonders none the less. I think manipulation cannot work well for liberal ends.
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