Comment by DiskoHexyl

...and the more low-trust becomes the society, as if it's not already the case in plenty of places.

It's no coincidence that people always judged and shunned such overt manipulators, as well as tried to downplay the underlying mechanisms of manipulation in general (outside of the sales types, which are often looked upon as slimy and not deserving of trust).

A low-trust society is not fun a place to live in