Explicitly manipulative socially mediated praise/M&Ms would strike my brain as outright evil and would stand some chance of being inverted entirely. That said I don’t get the impression this sort of defense mechanism is very common.
I experience this as common, but I suspect it’s because of a small number of exceptionally vocal “manipulation is evil!” types in my life, rather than a larger number of typically vocal ones.
I experience this as common, but I suspect it’s because of a small number of exceptionally vocal “manipulation is evil!” types in my life, rather than a larger number of typically vocal ones.