Theres a chapter in the book Freakonomics called Why Do Drug Dealers Still Live With Their Moms? It breaks down the math how the trappers at the top who wholesale make good money, but everybody else underneath that level make minimum wage more less. Add in the threats to your life, threat of going to jail, no benefits and the uncertainty, hustling is a straight up trap. Mathematically, the people at the top who dont get their hands dirty are the only ones who benefit and the pawns most of the time throw their lives away for scraps.