I am terrified of mental manipulation. My only inclination and direction is to train my mind to be an independent blank slate. There's also an odd web that forms, the direction of information flows, word choice, word frequency, like it ping pongs in between groups of people. The form of abstract ideas, the direction of thought. These things can be studied.
Indeed you are on to something there. I have long called for a return to our Enlightenment roots for just that reason. It encourages an independent and able mindset, which is precisely why education has been deliberately manipulated in to preventing any such thing.
Education of the populace is not in the interest of the international or domestic oligarchs. Remember this.
I have observed the flow of information through people for a long time. I find myself incredibly tired of studying this. It shows nothing of an individual's depth, their character, their individual personality. It's the shadow on the cave.
You get used to it because you remember the science:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F17JGDZDVUs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eURiWot_-ng&list=UUW1ELHQMq-...