New pyramid scheme: no restrictions on personal freedom, no ID cards and mobile phones, no group classes. But under the banner of capital operation, attracting people to cheat money, using luxury cars, wearing gold and silver, etc. Use money to attract your relatives and friends, and finally let you lose everything.
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MLM originated in the United States in the late World War II, formed in postwar Japan and developed in China. MLM training materials are not only extremely inflammatory and deceptive, but also have many psychological factors, which are very tempting and deceptive. In foreign countries, pyramid selling and direct selling are the same meaning, that is, there is only one concept of pyramid selling abroad. The main idea of foreign MLM is: driven by the word-of-mouth generated by customers' use of products, let customers help distributors promote products and share some profits, that is, customers spread sales. This is two concepts with domestic pyramid schemes.
Chinese pyramid selling is a fake company, a fictional product, and everything is empty. Just let you pull people's heads and extract a small commission from the entrance fee or franchise fee. Or control personal freedom, confiscate property, so that you can't contact with the outside world, learn those MLM training materials every day, so that you can learn how to cheat, and then make a list, invite by phone or letter, show your cards and follow up until you pay the membership fee or franchise fee in various ways.
Chinese-style pyramid schemes focus on mental control, that is, after brainwashing through their pyramid schemes training, you can organize pyramid schemes spontaneously; Others will control your personal freedom, confiscate everything, and make you admit these lies through violence.
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Baidu encyclopedia -MLM