People are trying to manipulate you. Isn't that the usual way of things, though? Not just for this but for most other subjects? People have agendas. Organizations have agendas. The world is a massive war of egos trying to gain influence among the others. That's human. The desire to advance is human. Animals don't care about advancing. They harmonize with their environment with a level of contentment that we can never have. As we move away from Animals, and become more Human, we will lose animal-like qualities like eating, sleeping, and reproducing, advancing towards something inorganic, and a boosted version of everything that makes us human, including a desire to dominate. That war will possess the cosmos, and rage until there are naught but Black Hole Civilizations waiting for the Heat Death of the Universe.