Uh...did you read the summary of that book?
The entire book is about learning how to manipulate people WITHOUT THEIR CONSCIOUS AWARENESS. Think about that, please.
These guys have dedicated their lives, to figuring out ways to dupe people and by-pass their critical faculties. Read their literature. They spell it out. They admit in this book they have libraries with hundreds of books on this topic.
They are out to persuade people to do what they want them to do, WITHOUT THE AWARENESS of what is being done to them.
You have given the typical response of the sociopath.
"Hey, if people are dumb enough to fall for it, then they deserve it".
But these guys go even further.
They do NOT believe in full-disclosure, or Win/Win. They say so.
They say they simply want to persuade others to do what THEY want them to do, for their own Selfish purposes.
He even says people are like oranges and pork bellies, they are just a commodity. That is what he says.
They hunt for naive people, and then trick them, and take the money and run. And this makes them feel superior.
It never occurs to them to do the opposite, to teach people Critical Thinking, or to be Honest, God forbid.
They specifically show people how to BY-PASS the critical faculties of the person, using hundreds of techniques. Get it? They have HUNDREDS of techniques they can use.
So its is absolutely nuts to say..."how come people voluntarily let themselves get tricked without their conscious awareness".
Because guys like this stay up late at night, thinking of new ways to trick "regular" folks, who are more trusting, or decent folk, who don't know there are guys like this who lie for a living. Professional liars.
This Kevin Hogan is a sleaze, anyone with experience in this can see it a mile away. But your average person doesn't have the specialized critical thinking skills to see what is being done to them, that is partly why it works on them.
So to say someone submits "voluntarily" to being UNCONSCIOUSLY tricked by professional manipulators, is an absurdity.
But of course, the sociopaths who do this, are full of rationalizations, they even say its GOOD to trick and take advantage of people. Every last one of these LGAT Gurus, from Werner Erhard through Scientology on down, is doing the same thing.
Tricking people without their conscious awareness.
Covert Influence.
Deception.
Fancy Lies.
Same thing.
That is what it is all about folks. To them, your Conscious Mind is their Enemy, and needs to be by-passed with lies and tactics, as that mind will analyze what they are doing to you, and not like to be taken advantage of.
This is why the more abusive LGAT's seek to DESTROY your critical faculties, and even your mind. They want to crush it once and for all.
They want primary CONTROL of your mind. They don't want you to think for yourself. THEY want to hold the locus of power, and make you into a sheeple, who will do what you are told.
They want to wreck your conscious mind, as it stands in the way of them making the most money off of you.
From what I see, this is what every single LGAT has in common, no matter how much they deny it, and lie about it. They want to [b:b135e2dc2c]influence you without your awareness[/b:b135e2dc2c], to do what THEY want you to do.
This is why if a person has highly developed critical thinking and skills of analysis, in can be much much harder to get you to do what they want.
That is why Skeptics are so hard to control and influence. Its like "herding cats". The LGAT guru's don't want to herd cats for a living. They want to create "sheeple" who will mindlessly follow, and give themselves up to be sheared.
And they are getting better at it every year. They work at this stuff 24/7, as it puts them on a power-trip, which is highly intoxicating.
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Okay, but for me the first question is why do people put themselves in the situation?
There are no cults or abusive groups without victims. ..why would anyone, particularly if they already had negative experience, voluntarily put themselves in these situations?