You’re Not a Girlboss – You’re Just Trapped in an MLM Scheme (2020)
I feel like this could describe a lot of the culture around startups, too:<p>> Until we all begin to acknowledge there’s more to life than “the hustle,” and that struggling financially is not a personal failure, MLMs will continue to recruit and exploit aspiring girlbosses under the guise of female empowerment.<p>You could easily change that to:<p>> Until we all begin to acknowledge there’s more to life than “the hustle,” and that struggling financially is not a personal failure, startup culture will continue to recruit and exploit people under the guise of [getting rich, disrupting tech, changing the world, etc.].<p>I mean, it’s not an organized thing like an MLM, but I see a lot of the same toxic language and behavior around startups.