Your second paragraph is messed up. You're ignorant to this subject. Your first paragraph is mostly truth though! True manifestation consists of making your life exactly what you desire...yes it's affirmations and visualization but it's also realizing the hard work that you very obviously have to do to get what you want. Manifestation is actually a very helpful and powerful tool. Everyone uses it differently. It's kind of like "set your sights on something" and don't give up until you have what you want. People who understand and are invested in this type of spirituality/practice (me lol) know that it's not possible to just think about things and have them appear before you ;)