From the American Dream Made Nightmare:
I have been researching and writing about so-called 'Multi-Level Marketing' since the 1990s, and I have openly described it as a largely-unrecognized, ongoing, criminogenic phenomenon of historic significance. Tellingly, I have never once been sued or even threatened with a lawsuit, because my rational analysis is entirely accurate, and furthermore, it actually explains that, historically (when faced with low level, and/or timid, challenges) the bosses of 'MLM' cults have sought to invert reality, and maintain their monopolies of information, via the use of malicious lawsuits in which they have posed as 'innocent victims.'
Incredibly, despite my having spoken to literally dozens of journalists over the years, I have never once been quoted by anyone from the mainstream media. It's as though I don't exist, simply because what I am saying is unthinkable. It just doesn't seem possible that such vast unlawful enterprises have been allowed to spread all over the globe right under the noses of law enforcement agents, regulators, legislators, journalists, etc.? Nonetheless, the truth remains that this is exactly was has come to pass.
Ironically, since the Wall street tycoon, Bill Ackman (armed with the research and analysis of persons like Robert FitzPatrick) issued a public challenge to 'Herbalife' in 2012, an increasing number of people have started to look at the wider 'MLM' phenomenon and speak out. That said, few observers have arrived at the same conclusions as myself. This is probably because the fully-deconstructed explanation of the 'MLM' phenomenon, is a threat to how many people (particularly Americans) see themselves.
To his credit, in a television interview, Ackman strayed my own analysis and described the 'Herbalife Income Opportunity' as an example of the 'Nazi' propaganda technique known as the 'Big Lie.' However, subsequently, Ackman has not elaborated (probably on the advice of his attorneys). When I submitted an article to the investor platform 'Seeking Alpha,' in which I dared to elaborate on Ackman's (unoriginal) comparison of 'Herbalife' to the 'Nazi' Big Lie, my 'Seeking Alpha' account was immediately withdrawn. Prior to Ackman's limited intervention, 'MLM' rarely appeared in the news. When it did, it was (more often than not) given credibility by short-sighted, and/or corrupt, journalists who simply reported verbatim what they told by 'MLM' propagandists, and/or by deluded 'MLM' adherents.