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Just as inevitably, they turn out to be peddling Amway[[Tradesnark|®]] – or any of a long list of other cookie-cutter schemes which operate under the same or similar business model. Buy the product, drone on [[Ad Nauseam]] to your friends to not only buy the product but resell it to others, and eventually you can be a Direct Distributor at the top of [[Insistent Terminology|what they insist]] is [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|not a pyramid]]. And that rival soap company? To the most devout followers of the Amway® cult, Procter & Gamble™ must be [[Deal with the Devil|linked directly]] to [[Satan]] based on [[wikipedia:image:P&G logo.jpg|this logo]], a [[Everyone Is Satan in Hell|mockery of Revelations 12:1]] ("And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of 12 stars.") since it has 13 stars instead of 12.
They might even invite you to a party, but that gathering will turn out to be yet another sales pitch. The "Tupperware® party" was the original, but this model has been extended to other lines and brands... including a few marketing [https://www.vox.com/2014/10/17/11631986/its-hard-out-there-for-a-sex-toy-entrepreneur sex] [https://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=132402&page=1 toys] or lingerie. Step One: Find the latest hot multi-level marketing scheme
[[Results Not Typical]] as a few people at the top of the "multi-level marketing" pyramid will prosper, but there are limited returns for most of the others. If they're peddling cosmetics, why not add a bit of [[Animal Testing]] controversy for good measure on the presumption that [[Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped]]?
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