Is the “American Dream” the biggest Multi Level Marketing Scam ever Perpetrated?

July 23rd, 2008 | by Terry |
multi level marketing
Twilight asked:


What are your thoughts?

(for info on MLM see wiki entry here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-level_marketing )

Igor

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  1. 9 Responses to “Is the “American Dream” the biggest Multi Level Marketing Scam ever Perpetrated?”

  2. By Darth Severus on Jul 24, 2008 | Reply

    no, MLM requires new members to stay profitable, American economy is sustainable with same number of people in it.

    If you want specific details, you’re not required to give commission to whoever enrolled you in this scheme.

  3. By nye_r on Jul 25, 2008 | Reply

    Absolutely NOT! People from all over the world come to America because it’s the land of oppertunity. If you can’t make here, you can’t make it anywhere. It just takes self-motovation.

  4. By DogmaDeleted on Jul 26, 2008 | Reply

    Yes

    All praise the great god Dollar

    how quickly it becomes the American nightmare for the bottom 90 percent of subscribers….

  5. By gimpalomg on Jul 26, 2008 | Reply

    I asked Bill Gates, he doesn’t think so.

    I started out making less than $25 a week and retired at over $90K a year with no college degree. That’s equal to about $130K in today’s dollars. And yeah, I WORKED for every damn dime of it.

    If you think it’s a scam move to Cuba, everyone but Castro is equally poor. Remember the pigs in Animal Farm, I guess Castro is a little bit more equal…

  6. By Nacho on Jul 27, 2008 | Reply

    Yes, all these people are like “I want to study this and get this job and do this to make money.” People with a passion for what they do are few and far between. This drive for money is all part of the American Dream and buying a big house, driving a Hummer, things like that.

  7. By Kendrick on Jul 29, 2008 | Reply

    For it to be a scam, it would have to be equivalent to a Ponzi Scheme, in which there is never a product produced, but requires additional individuals to join the network to sustain it.

    There isn’t the least bit correlation to this, even though MLM’s are not even considered scams(except in Ponzi Schemes).

    Unless you want to compare an individual who is ‘kiting’ checks with a Ponzi Scheme.

  8. By herfinator on Aug 1, 2008 | Reply

    If I follow your logic, and I think I might have, only if an American couple chooses to have children. Even so, I’m not sure I can totally agree. The children do, according to said American Dream, have the freedom to move elsewhere or refuse to worship the almighty dollar.

    Interesting question, still.

  9. By KevinStud99 on Aug 4, 2008 | Reply

    It’s not an MLM scam if there are actual products being sold. And last I checked, we sell a lot of product in this country.

  10. By is it 5 yet? on Aug 6, 2008 | Reply

    I thought the idea of multi-level marketing was where you got people to work for you, and you make money on thier work, as well as your own.

    Does the american dream incorpoate getting people to work for you? I thought the american dream was about “making it” on your own, perhaps having your own business, but certainly does not require you to be an employer. So I see little correlation.

    And then you use the word scam. As pointed out, not all multi-level marketing is a scam. So in that sense, is some of the “american dream” a scam? Now here I see some potential. For instance, as some have said, part of the american dream is that anyone can “make it”, and I think the reality is that not everyone can make it. Many will fail, some because of thier race, parents, geography, etc. Oh yes, some will overcome some of these obstacles, but they will be a minority.

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