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Re:FTC Restores Rigorous Enforcement of Law Banning Unfair M... by pessimizer on Thursday November 10, 2022 @06:42PM (#33555294)
> A pyramid scheme, legally, has no product but itself.

There are 0.0% of pyramid schemes with no product.

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Re:FTC Restores Rigorous Enforcement of Law Banning Unfair M... by parineum on Thursday November 10, 2022 @07:18PM (#33555687)
Because they are illegal. That's what the originals were though.

You pay some amount of money that gets you basically nothing (maybe a few pages of "how to recruit") and that's it.

MLM schemes are distinct in that they actually have a product and that's what makes them legal.

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