[catchnear4321]

two sides of the same coin. one allows better integration with society, the other allows easier taking advantage. (yes, one of those is bad.)

both involve the same signals, the same situations, even at times the same actions. the motivations differ.

influencer is only a dirty word because the vast majority cultivate influence for the sake of closing sales. influencing isn’t a new idea, and not inherently bad.

light and dark side of the force, guns can be used to both attack and defend, buildings can be bombed or demolished. however you want to look at it, the tools are uncomfortable because they can be abused. because they have been abused.

the danger in labeling these as dark arts is that typically those who would oppose misuse will avoid the thing that can be misused.

call it a bad person tool, most people that don’t want to be bad are going to be ignorant of what it can do. to them.