caitlin explores the world of manipulators; 

The world would be a much better place if everyone understood that manipulators do not use language the same way normal people do. Normal people use language to communicate and connect, while manipulative people use language to control and extract.

Propagandists, hasbarists, politicians, and people with disorders which incline them toward manipulative behavior like narcissistic personality disorder or antisocial personality disorder, use language with the goal of advancing agendas rather than to convey information and connect with other people. 

Manipulators use their words to influence the thoughts people think about themselves, about others, and about their world. They use language to extract favors, money, resources, sex, esteem, loyalty, or submission from other people. They use it to trick people in order to ensure that life transpires in accordance with their will.

For the manipulator, language is a tool you use to move people around and get them to do what you want them to do. They use it like a physical force in the world. When you have a narcissist standing in front of you trying to snow you with a barrage of manipulative language, it can actually feel like you’re being physically whipped around or pushed downward by their voice..........more...........