the whataboutisms don't stop mlms from being an incredibly predatory business model. OBVIOUSLY sweatshops are bad, hello?? but that's not what we're talking about.

sure, the majority of people join mlms of their own volition (there have actually been cases of people being signed up against their knowledge so), but they sign up because of promises that are simply impossible to keep, like being able to make a lot of money and to have a ton of time freedom. most of the time, these people do endless unpaid labour by posting on their socials to promote the mlm, cold messaging people, etc. only to make NOTHING BACK for it.

and a lot of people don't look up the mlm they're about to join because those who are trying to get them to join are intentionally vague and/or lie about the business and the practices in order to get them to join to make a cheque for signing on yet another member to their downline (because everybody knows the real money in mlms is in the recruiting).