'''Emotional manipulation''' is the exploitation of someone's deep longings or fleeting attitudes, for one's own benefit. It is usually associated with [[propaganda]] or [[advertising]] campaigns.
For instance, to sell cars or tools to a man, advertisers typically show an attractive socialist woman in the same picture as the product.
Rather famously, [[Barack Obama]] sold "hope" in his 2008 Presidential campaign.
[[Category:Psychology]]
[[Category:Liberal Traits]]