Hey, Hun

The “pull yourself up by the bootstraps” ideology relies on consumerism and a focus on self-improvement and mindset culture. It conveniently ignores socioeconomic status. It ignores race, ethnicity, religion, culture, gender, sexuality, and marginalized identities. It ignores those who live below the poverty line, who don’t have access to cash or t

Yet MLMs don’t rely solely on capitalism. They want you to worship at the altar of meritocracy, which is far more sinister;

MLMs believe everyone is truly equal, in the most abusive way possible. At the same time, this so-called equality only holds true to a certain point. Some people will never succeed as much as others, and MLMs already know this. This is exactly why the business model is tiered—it’s by design.

MLMs are built on the belief that if it works for me, it will work for you, despite any differences in resources, backgrounds, skill sets, or networks.

I never came away with tools or skills per se—but it did work to distract me and convince me to keep going.

toxic positivity minimizes, denies, and invalidates very real human emotions. It makes you feel you are doing wrong by having negative emotions or questioning things.

This is the falsehood of white supremacy: that you should always be striving for the next level, the next promotion, more money, more recognition, to be the best at all costs. And if you reach your potential, it’s because of what the MLM taught you, but if you don’t, it’s because you didn’t try hard enough.

Every MLM is dishing out the same narrative. Follow the system and you will see immediate and incredible benefits!

He describes three levels on the path of retention: recruits (the people at the bottom of the pyramid), grinders (those who do the greatest amount of work and put on these events), and profiteers (the people at the very top, who do very little work and make most of the money). The objective of these events—whether they are biz ops, conventions, or