re: #245 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Yeah I was in Amway for a bit. They also really push for you to buy motivational tapes (back then it was cassette tapes, don’t know about now) every week, and to go to these giant conferences a few times a year to hear more motivational stuff.

Obviously many people have done well with it. And the people you meet at the conferences and other meetings are well-dressed, well-spoken, family oriented. But most are wingnuts and the groupthink involved is just beyond the stars. I couldn’t have continued without selling my soul, so to speak.

My ex tried some MLM things. We’d go to these meetings, and it reminded of going to a Pentecostal church or one of those motivational groups. I can see why a lot of church people get sucked into these schemes.