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Re:Who is responsible for the greatest change to our languag... by watwut on Saturday September 14, 2024 @06:41AM (#41538875)
You can argue whether it is manipulative, but you can not deny "the intent" here. You you read up technique and then apply it, the conscious intent is 100% there. You made an active choice and went out of your way to enact it.
Re:Who is responsible for the greatest change to our languag... by orwin on Saturday September 14, 2024 @02:23PM (#41541750)
I can deny the intent to be exploitative and coercive.

Really I don't see how. I would like an example, i have learned sales techniques and to me even sales techniques, who are multiple order of magnitude more manipulative imho, aren't really coercive . Also, sales techniques works way better on persons not aware of them, non-violent communication mostly work if both persons use it (that makes it way less actionable than it's proponents affirm), which is to me the opposite of exploitative.

Re:Who is responsible for the greatest change to our languag... by watwut on Sunday September 15, 2024 @03:03PM (#41549521)
Maybe you have jist shifted what you allow yourself to see as coercive and manipulative in the process of accepting sales techniques.