When a Pyramid Scheme Meets a Cult (ICOC) | Multi Level Mondays

iilluminaughtii

Blair Zoń

Documentary, Education, Business, Society & Culture

4.4 • 961 Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Go to http://hellofresh.com/mlm60 and use code mlm60 for 60% off plus free shipping! Go to http://joinhoney.com/mlm to get PayPal Honey for free. Welcome to Multi Level Mondays, a weekly series all about multi level marketing, pyramid schemes, and ponzi schemes. When pyramid-scheme recruitment styles and churches combine, you can get a very cult-ish combination. The two are more than toxic together, but they can result in abuse, downplaying the harm of children and members, and fierce manipulation and control tactics. The International Church of Christ is a prime example of this. Connect With Me: https://linktr.ee/iilluminaughtii’ Sources: https://justpaste.it/9zp1x Writers/Researchers/Helpers: Ali Z-B This episode was edited and mixed by: G. Thomas Craig Album cover art created by: Betsy Primes Intro Song Credits: Last to Fall- Will Van De Crommert Outro Song Credits: Sacred and Profane- Nicholas Rowe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	If you've been listening for any length of time to my episodes, then hopefully you're pretty familiar with my
0:12.1	favorite shape by now the pyramid.
0:15.0	A consumer alert scammers are already looking forward to the holiday season.
0:19.2	You may have seen a scheme making the rounds on social media.
0:21.7	Thirteen action news anchor Leslie Manion explains what you need to know so your child
0:25.6	doesn't fall victim to a pyramid scheme.
0:27.6	Working from home with those so-called business.
0:30.0	While it's the ideal shape for someone such as myself, there are some drawbacks to it, such as pyramid schemes.
0:36.0	A person at the tippity top of said pyramid, perhaps like a CEO of a multi-level marketing company, makes all the money while distributors and so-called
0:44.9	business owners at the bottom make little to nothing. Recruitment is the only viable way to truly
0:50.6	earn money in a pyramid scheme and if you can't recruit a ton of people, then
0:54.4	you're bound to lose money more than you are to make it.
0:57.9	Does this sound like any other form of recruitment you might know, trying to persuade someone
1:02.2	to join your lifestyle, insisting that they tell their
1:04.8	friends who tell their friends and vice versa, making not only loyal followers but perhaps
1:10.1	disciples of your lifestyle.
1:12.8	Turns out, when religion blends with a pyramid scheme,
1:15.8	some pretty messed up stuff can happen.
1:18.1	The Prosperity Gospel itself has been described
1:20.5	by the Gospel Coalition of all things as the worst pyramid scheme out there.
1:25.0	I am beautiful.
1:27.0	I am blessed.
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