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[–] can_of_wurms 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

I was in a pyramid scheme for 9 months, and let me tell you, they use this tactic all the time to retain their "recruits". First is the inoculation against your family members' criticisms, then friends, then actual businesspeople, then other pyramid schemes. They tell you what these people are going to tell you, and how that SHOULD make you feel. Then when these caring people in your life voice their concern about how you've been changing, you can comfortably and nonchalantly brush them off.