@milkren, Thank you for a very well thought out post. My resentment with MLM may be the hard sell and the blatant lies told to little old ladies with no marketing or selling skills. One just have to attend one of those meetings to see the little heads nodding in absolute awe and approval of the "doctor", "lawyer" or "accountant" who has made so much money staying at home with their families that they could give up their practice and concentrate all their attention on MLM. Bullshit!!!

Direct selling is hard work and the surest way to get friends and family to shun you and never talk to you again. (That is if you are doing it right by being persistent and using every opportunity to sell. You will not be successful any other way).

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btw: every business in the world is - lesser or larger degree - a pyramid scheme. One at the top and a few beneath him and then more and more workers further down. Is it possible for the workers at the bottom to realise the earning potential of the company they are working for? Usually not. At least in legitimate mlm, the guys further down have the ability to increase earnings in line with the growth of the company.
I am afraid I can not agree with you on this one. A company organogram or chain of command may resemble a pyramid in its structure, but it does not operate like a pyramid scheme. Employees earn a set salary and do not have to recruit people below them to earn a living. (also refer to other threads for the definition of a pyramid scheme)