The Atlantic recently published a lengthy piece on the proliferation of multi-level marketing operations (aka pyramid schemes) on social media platforms.

Remember when advertisers and corporations avoided political, social, and environmental issues like the plague? Yeah, that’s not a thing anymore. According to a recent AdWeek story, companies that “sit on the fence and steer clear of controversy” are now feeling serious pressure from consumers to take a stand.

While the revelation that your fixer / lawyer is under FBI investigation is certainly a strong sign that your kakistocracy isn’t going well, another could be a startling lack of enthusiasm surrounding your formerly-valuable, oft-licensed name. As the Washington Post is reporting, basically no one wants to use the Trump name anymore.