Quote Originally Posted by HopAlongBunny View Post
Yes actually. It may be a simplification of a very complex dynamic, but it doesn't change the manifestation.
The explication of the power dynamic, and the manipulation needed to get there is at least as old as Huckleberry Finn.
There might be the problem that this is to some extent a biological trait and not just a manipulation.
Of course there is plenty of manipulation to reduce people to these lizard reflexes rather than make them question them using the rest of the grey matter they call a brain.