The World Economy Could Really Collapse If We All Wake Up Tomorrow And Choose Violence Against These Small Industries.

Recently, an anonymous Reddit user asked, “What industry is built entirely on a house of cards and would collapse overnight if people realized the truth about it?”

People had a lot of shocking (and scary!) answers to share. Here are some of the most interesting comments:

1. “Traveling kids sports industry. $3,000+ a year so a 9 year old can play ball. Sorry, your kid can’t get a D1 scholarship because he played travel ball at the 10U level.”

2. “Natural diamonds. As someone who grew up in the business and has been in it for more than 30 years, people ask me if they should buy synthetic or natural diamonds. There is absolutely no difference between the material; it’s entirely a matter of opinion. The logical decision is always to buy a synthetic, man-made product at a fraction of the price.”

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3. “Tax Prep. These companies promote an absurd system so they can sell a fix, but every developed country does your taxes for free.”

4. “School photos. Yes, they can choose a Jurassic Park background if they want, but it’s like $50 for two wallet photos and a 4×6 now. I honestly don’t know who buys these.”

—Debaser626

5. “Life coaches, business coaches, all coaches. If you dig into the background of these people, they are liars. Most of them have not built enough experience to coach anyone, but they expect you to pay for their advice. I know a woman who used to work in HR in my office. An unpleasant person, she liked to gossip, not particularly good at her job. Now she is a health coach. worst of all.”

6. “Greeting cards! Why are they $8 now, and why are we still sending them?!”

7. “Influence industry. Half of it is people pretending to enjoy freebies.”

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8. “Private equity (PE). It’s a great idea; a successful venture capital firm invests in small businesses so they can get their foot in the door, and the profits will go back to the PE firm. Basically, the PE firm comes in and owns the staff, equipment, products – whatever they can get so that the business has low operating costs. This leads to a reduction in the value of all the services of the staff. It can be used to reinvest in the company and it actually throws the business out of business, then the business gets worse, the workers suffer, the customers hate the low quality product, and the business gets worse until they sell.

– Isaac

9. “All entry-level jobs that require 3-5 years of management.” Companies complain about the lack of talent while refusing to train anyone.”

10. “The state of Utah. If the Mormon church were to disappear, there would be a small building left in the state. The state government has a lot to do with the church.”

11. “You’d be surprised at how disruptive the oil and gas industry is.”

12. “Most software is built on a house of cards. Most of it can fall apart from an incompetent developer.”

—AgentOrange96

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13. “Chiropractors. Basically, they’re good-ish mental trainers. At worst, they could cripple or kill you. Anything they talk about that actually works is taken from other well-researched areas of science.”

14. “Health insurance companies. They profit by increasing people’s suffering.”

15. “Advertising. It powers the internet because companies think it’s worth paying to force you to watch ads covering the topic you’re trying to read. I don’t know about y’all, but sitting in front of a screen waiting for my video to start makes me not want to buy from a company that makes me wait.”

16. “The beauty industry would be the second women realize that most of the products they use are carcinogenic and full of endocrine disruptors that make their skin worse. If you damage your skin, you cause oxidative stress and rapid aging.”

– the capital

17. “Ticket sellers. They add excitement to nothing, absorb the entire margin, and then panic when people hate the whole system.”

18. “Buying and selling trading card game items like Pokémon or Magic the Gathering. If kids can’t buy a product because of scalpers, then you lose the next generation of consumers, and people in general lose interest in card games as they get older. Plus, scalpers are always just one pack away from investing and then they get screwed.”

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19. “Many vitamin supplement companies.”

20. “Anyone who has ever used an AI customer ‘service’ bot can tell you how bad AI is. never someone gave me a helpful answer.”

— foreverAmber14

21. “Luxury fashion. Value is often not about the actual cost of production; it’s about the mark and status. If society’s concern with class culture were to disappear, it would be very difficult to justify such high marks.”

22. “Cryptocurrency. The whole thing depends on what the next guy can pay. In fact, there is nothing behind it.”

23. And finally, “What industry not so house of cards? We live in the world of carpenters. Once you start editing it, everything falls apart. “

What industries do you think would collapse overnight if people realized the truth about them? Share your examples in the comments or the anonymous form below!

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