The theme of psychological manipulation and con artists

Just watched two documentary films on con artists and people who committed fraud, thinking about personal relationships and my own personal experience from childhood with a con artist that my mom was involved in and I dated somebody who was a con artist over 20 years ago and these two movies I just saw makes me think of all the psychological manipulation that happens today in the world in society at large with the pressure to conform and go along with things that may or may not be legit and how most people just want to believe what they're told and feel safe etc. So psychological manipulation is pretty powerful in both personal relationships because people just want to believe what they're told because that's more comfortable than acknowledging that. Maybe there's something dishonest going on and unethical going on. So this happens on a personal level and a society level so I'm just trying to keep myself awake to all of this and just live the best life that I can live with ethics and honesty as much as possible. Good luck everyone!