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The answer is: they don't. It operates similar to a ponzi where they need a certain amount of new "investors" each year to sustain their scheme.

Obviously, collapse is inevitable on a long enough timeline for any company, but this scheme in particular is very vulnerable to a couple slow years in terms of sales.



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