Taking his cue from Machiavelli, but aiming his lesson at the "would-be ruled" rather than the "would-be ruler," "Nameless" Podcast-man Andy Nowicki considers how people are essentially manipulated into slavish obedience through two methods, representing the proverbial carrot and stick: that is, through fear and flattery. Recalling the Neil Labute movie "
The Shape of Things," in which a hapless schlub is manipulated by a beautiful but unscrupulous girl, with shocking results, Andy ponders the extent to which our neediness makes us vulnerable to aspiring tyrants of the heart, mind, and soul.
Listen here, cuck-fuck:
https://soundcloud.com/jnow1101/how-to-be-manipulated
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Read Andy's book
Notes Before Death: Three Essays
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