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You may be surprised- the most brutish of minds will often enact their part in a complicated stratagem so long as they believe they concocted at least their steps. Understanding its ramifications is not usually necessary.

It is often as useful to convince enemies an action to your benefit was their idea. People rarely question their own thought processes even when they are not, in fact, their own.

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You're certainly right that most people are more than happy to believe they're the masters of their own fate even while others are guiding them from the shadows.

I believe the key difference in whether that level of orchestration will work depends on if the players you're trying to lead are focused on the end result or here and now. Someone who thrives on exercising their power over others will not so easily relinquish their control, even for a short time. Unless of course they're trying a similar tactic on you.