These are facts but don't explain why OP sees it as a pyramid scheme*. I'm not say it it's not (or that it is), but I think an explanation could be helpful. If

These are facts but don't explain why OP sees it as a pyramid scheme*. I'm not say it it's not (or that it is), but I think an explanation could be helpful. If you said the stock market or something was a pyramid scheme then okay I can see that, but what does it mean for capitalism to be one. > *A pyramid scheme is a business model that recruits members via a promise of payments or services for enrolling others into the scheme, rather than supplying investments or sale of products