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Heard
“What’s your why?” - Roberta
I really enjoyed this episode of “Was I in a cult?” about the LulaRoe documentary. In the episode, Roberta talks about how she got sucked into the culty LulaRoe MLM legging scheme. Although I did watch the LulaRich docuseries a while ago, I’m still fully obsessed. This episode inspired me to finally read about the connection between MLM’s and cult leaders.
Read
“MLMs are pyramid schemes that focus on recruiting people to recruit others, presumably giving a cut of the income up the chain.” - Steven A Hassan, PhD
Reading this article on what MLM’s and cults have in common right after listening to the LulaRoe episode of “Was I In A Cult?” has my mental alarms blaring. In the article Dr. Hassan highlights the manipulative nature of MLM recruiters and their sneaky tactics.
P.S.
My interest in MLMs and cults might just influence next Tuesday’s big post. I think it’s especially important to think through these connections now, as the state of the economy doesn’t seem…great. We’ve talked about the cult leaders that take advantage of difficult economic periods here in the newsletter and on TikTok.