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Has anyone else noticed how deceptive the Paltrow family has been?

1. Bob Paltrow - Pleaded guilty to felony tax evasion over his liberal use of the junk mail company to finance his lifestyle. (was sentenced to six months in prison). In March 2019, roughly 700 employees of a company factory in Ciudad Juárez were told to take a three-day weekend, only to return to an empty warehouse

2. Gwyneth Paltrow - GOOP.

3. Rebekah - WeWork.

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I find the whole web as a whole extremely fascinating. How it is all connected, how this group of society works and what they all do with their vast amounts of money and connections. It seriously just boggles my mind sometimes. A lot of good can come out of it all, and then you have GOOP. I'd really hope I would act differently but it is impossible to tell.

I find it interesting too and really don't understand it.

I really feel like they learned everything from Bob and the family. He sold junk mail and was able to pay for their great lifestyle. So the kids learned that they can sell junk, but were able to take that to the next level with strong marketing and design.

GOOP is junk with great marketing and design. WeWork is similar, they market it as something that its not.

The marketing idea made me think of the documentary: The Century of the self (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ3RzGoQC4s)

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