I have heard in various videos that people in jail use a lot of "charm" on the guards to try and manipulate them.
In the Casey White - Vicky White jailbreak situation, commenters say he charmed and manipulated her to get her to help him escape, which she did.
Videos on You Tube that explain narcissism say the narcissist will use charm on their targets, to get them "sucked into" their influence.
One psychologist said she actively puts a mental barrier between herself and anyone who gives her a compliment because she figures they are trying to charm her and control her.
I don't know - I thought that might be a bit much. Some people are giving a sincere compliment.
People who are charming and have charisma can be a good person, or a bad person. The problem in our perception is, if they are charming to us we automatically assume too much goodness and positivity - kind of the opposite extreme from that one psychologist's viewpoint....
I read somewhere that when President Kennedy met with Russian leader Nikita Khrushchev (the taking-off-his-shoe-and-hitting-the-table-with-it-at-the-U.N. guy) in Vienna, their conversation didn't go as well as hoped because Khrushchev was oblivious to Kennedy's charm.
One account said JFK was not accustomed to having his gentle friendliness (or, "charm") rebuffed - or, resisted.
('Da Kroosh be not havin' it'...)
One commenter at the time said Nikita Khrushchev was essentially a peasant, barely civilized. ...
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