persuasion vs manipulation --- I would argue that manipulation is when you give the other person no choice but to comply with the 'suggestion' being made as you use information about them to achieve this. This can be positive or negative. Manipulation is not always negative as one may think. Where as persuasion is when a person is being presented with information to make them change their mind but it is of their own will. They can see the validity of changing their opinion/decision.

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