Manipulation is hardly required. Whenever 'best interests' are invoked I always think fondly back to the underground man's rant on the topic in Dostoevsky's Not

Manipulation is hardly required. Whenever 'best interests' are invoked I always think fondly back to the underground man's rant on the topic in Dostoevsky's Notes From Underground which I believe is some of the most fundamentally piercing insight into human behavior in existence. The most fundamental interest is ultimately doing whatever the hell I want at any given moment.