For a guy who seems to spend a lot of his spare time talking to women, you really do seem to think very poorly of them.
What that I said made you think I think poorly of women? Do you disagree that women choose to go home with douchebags and not "nice guys"? This wasn't a moral judgment - actually I'm pretty clear on why this happens and I don't think badly at all for women choosing to do this.. but let's call a spade a spade.
Negging and a lot of other PUA "tricks" are about manipulating someone psychologically.
I'm not sure you are aware of the average experience of men trying to meet women. They give ENDLESS amounts of shit to EVERY guy who talks to them. They point out every single weakness. Again, this isn't a moral judgment, just truth.
Why is it that men have to be all lovely flowers and roses / nice guy buying drinks / emotional tampon all the time when women are out there throwing most guys under the bus? Women will make a guy wait AGES thinking he's going to get laid, or make him pick her up in random places, buy her drinks, buy her other things, take her shopping, etc etc etc and this is all under the tacit assumption that if he does this enough she will put out. I have friends who are girls who have little competitions with their friends about who can get guys to do the most favors and buy them the most stuff for them without putting out. These are otherwise nice, sweet, well-educated girls and I dont really think poorly of them, but this is the game they were born into. Of course, you can't "buy" a woman like this, and she knows this and he knows this, but the assumption goes on for as long as the girl can milk it. If you deny that women do this consciously and actively, I don't even really know what world you are living in. Women will make guys their
bitch and ride them like a dog for as long as the gravy train is flowing, then at the last minute say "No I'm not that kind of girl" or "You can't expect sex for that" ... well, no of course, but this is a dance of assumptions that the entire society places weight on and reinforces with narratives in media. And when a guy refuses to give give give everything just for a SHOT (which never existed.. nor should it have under those terms) suddenly he's being manipulative? No, more like he's meeting her on her level as a man to a woman. And you can bet she will start to view him with respect the second he doesn't collapse into her frame of making guys buy / pay / dote on her.
The world is negative (and positive, and everything else). If a man expresses something negatively, somehow he is "manipulating" a woman? Think this through here. Women will fling ALL kinds of shit at men. If you think this is something that only I experience, or Solong, or anyone else, let's strap a camera to any random dude (you can pick) and we'll send him in to talk to girls - no "negging" or "tricks" required - and you'll see just how nasty women can be to men.
The basic theory behind a "neg" is to tease women
in the same way you would tease a good friend, family member, buddy, etc. This comes from the giant myth that women who are genetically gifted, skinny, and attractive should have men throwing roses at their feet and doting on their every need. This is frankly absurd and dishonest and
not in anybody's best interests. Again, think this through. Women should be treated
equally. No more, no less. Go into a nightclub and you will quickly notice that for an attractive women she is treated far more than equal to everyone else. In some sense, she is the currency of the night. This is not something I decide, nor do I wish it to be this way. Rather, it is the way that shared reality is constructed.
it preys on women with little confidence
It's not meant for women with little confidence. It's meant for women with a bloated sense of entitlement, not to "knock them down" but to make everyone start out seeing each other as human equals. While I wish everyone could do this from the beginning.. this isn't the reality of the situation in night life (or even most life in general)
Why else do think LMR is a thing?
Society thinks women who have sex soon are sluts. Women don't want to be seen as sluts. Don't blame the guy or the girl (who both want to have the sex), blame the society.
If you have to use negging, escalation, time tricks, etc, to get someone into bed,
"Negging" = talking to someone as you talk to a friend
"Escalation" = actually making a move (which is necessary no matter if you are a "PUA" or not)
"Time tricks" .... not even sure what you mean here.
So yeah, if you think that talking to someone as you talk to a friend instead of as you would talk to a plastic mannequin, and actually going for a kiss is "manipulation" then yes, I do think you have to do that. Really doesn't seem like manipulation to me though.