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Wounded Souls, the Inner-Life of MLM Victims

Wounded Souls, the Inner-Life of MLM Victims

Mar 23, 2020 | Ethics, False Profits, Individual / Social Impact

What everyone knows, yet few will say, is that the greatest injury suffered by MLM victims is not dollar losses. It is the blow to the soul, an injury that may be carried unhealed throughout life. It is a shock to self-esteem, trust and social capital. MLM injury...
Wounded Souls, the Inner-Life of MLM Victims

The Importance and Futility of Class Action Lawsuits against MLMs

May 1, 2019 | Ethics, False Profits, Legal, Legalities and Laws

Recently, yet another class action lawsuit has been filed against a “multi-level marketing” company, in this instance, “Young Living Essential Oils”. This Utah-based MLM company (are they all in Utah?) is a digital reproduction of so many other...
Wounded Souls, the Inner-Life of MLM Victims

Trump’s “MLM” Experience Laid Foundation for his Politics

Apr 5, 2019 | Ethics, False Profits, Pyramid Scheme Politics

  “Calling a person a “liar” used to be one of the worst things you could say about somebody personally,” a friend recently commented. He was referring, ruefully, to  the president of the United States being routinely characterized as a liar,...
Wounded Souls, the Inner-Life of MLM Victims

Deception and Delusion: How Pyramid Schemes Maintain the “Direct Selling” Disguise

Mar 25, 2014 | Ethics, False Profits, Legalities and Laws, Pyramid Scheme Politics

According to the MLM companies, Herbalife, Nu Skin and Amway, and others, the great majority of people who sign sales contracts, join as “salespeople” and buy sales kits have absolutely no interest in being salespeople or in making any money at all in those...
Wounded Souls, the Inner-Life of MLM Victims

Zeek Rewards, Just an Ordinary MLM?

Aug 26, 2012 | Ethics, False Profits, Legalities and Laws, Pyramid Scheme Politics

With Batman-like zeal, the SEC swooped in and closed down the multi-level marketing company, Zeek Rewards. Should we all feel safer now? Or should we be wondering why the SEC singled out this one MLM but left all the hundreds of others to run rampant? Zeek offered MLM...
Wounded Souls, the Inner-Life of MLM Victims

The Cult of MLM

Feb 21, 2012 | Ethics, False Profits, Individual / Social Impact

 Don’t Even Say It! There are two taboo terms in the world of multi-level marketing (MLM). One is “pyramid scheme”. The other, which is even more vehemently denied, is “cult”. Many people understand cults to be dangerous restrictions on freedom and individuality. The...
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