acbc said:
MLM'ers are like the Borgs.
"We are Borgs. Resistance is futile."
/takes the USS Defiant and blasts the Borg ship, but miss. Stray shot disintegrates acbc's Galant. "oops! sorry!" :D
i am not ready to give up our long time tradition of taking care of other ppl's feelings, especially in today's world where most ppl arent fooled by the pyramid's tactics any longer. we give the money to the upline, and the ppl at the top will get $$$ faster n much more than us at any point of time. in order to sustain OUR growth and significance in keeping the wheel (triangle wheel oso ah? :p pyramid mah) turning, we have to sacrifice family ties, friendship, etc by coercing them to join.
(lets face it, casual explanation and good mannered choice-giving will not convince friends to join a bloodsucking scheme)
fact: u are leeching in a "loan" manner off ppl's money and the capital for this business is ur mouth (get other ppl to pay up). The one's below u who do not have persuasion skills or refuse to drag other vic.. i mean ppl to join, will end up dry and the model prevents them from getting their money back AND the best part is, TECHNICALLY its THEIR fault for not "working hard" (to find ppl). beautifully constructed web of... whatever that will ALWAYS leave some rich and the rest poor, NO MATTER WHAT.
those who lose end up so either from refusing to persuade other ppl, or failed persuading after trying so many. they're the victims who will keep feeding the ones who are good at talking and dragging ppl with "white lies".
besides, the lies are just until they get some other guys to "contribute" to the system. in that, its actually a "the strong survives, the weak dies" situation. so some would think by now "hey, its not such an outrageous scam, it happens everyday elsewhere too!"
true, partially. the problem is.. there will never be a WIN-WIN for upline and bottom member. the network may spread further n further but some WILL be "leeched" freely and get nothing in return. remember that the system was INTENTIONALLY designed this way. old Direct Sales Network implement the "mild" version which does little harm. these new MLM saw the dark side opportunity and choose to "upgrade" the scheme settings with the "get-rich-quick" mindset.
U know what it means to me? I say its just plain abuse of an otherwise innocent idea. MLM is not all bad. ppl are. :)