Posted by:
samwitch
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Date: September 05, 2017 07:33PM
The companies you mentioned are all multi-level marketing companies (MLMs). MLMs are more prevalent in Utah than anywhere else in the world. None of them were created to generate profit for TSCC, and none are owned by the church or its corporations (although some MLMs were founded and run by individual Mormons).
I've been lured into several, and here's my opinion:
They use many of the same tactics as the church does when recruiting potential members, which may be why Mormons are especially susceptible to them. Without solid critical thinking and research skills, plus lots of financial pressures and a lifetime of gullibility training, Mormons are especially vulnerable to MLMs.
Wikipedia explains MLMs very well; you'll notice many scary resemblances to TSCC in their article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-level_marketing