Manson’s models are excellent tools , not universal truths . They work brilliantly for the problems they were designed to solve (overthinking, neediness, avoidance of discomfort) but break down when applied to systemic or biochemical issues. Use them as a wrench, not a worldview.
Anyone with trauma, mood disorders, or living under structural oppression. Also those in non-Western or non-individualist cultures.
Ambitious but anxious individuals stuck in comfort-seeking loops. People new to self-help who need a detox from magical thinking.