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Is Web3 culture similar to Amway (MLM) culture?

55 points by 0xB31B1B 4y ago

aruanavekar 4y ago
Very similar though has been on mind as I watch the layoffs are these(+Crypto) startups. The roles being eliminated scream loud and describe very closely to MLM model. The future for you my friend is rich, make sure you get X folks to make you Y% rich, you gotta being you can make this happen. More intelligent people like you out there are waiting to make much bigger deals and investment that you, show them the path.
DangIsAWang 4y ago
adamrezich 4y ago
this was a thoroughly enjoyable and informative read. I'm just old enough to have been around for the 90s Amway stuff and although I'd heard a bit about it I was never exposed to it directly. the author does a great job here of laying out his perspective on things and the Amway : Christianity = web3 : crypto analogy is an interesting one.
- siliconpotato 4y ago
  The individualistic capitalist greed at the core of Amway is really the underlying fundamental though, and quite far from the message of Christianity- they abused some cherry-picked scriptures to try to align themselves with a cultural psyche. I wonder what methods they use in India?
  - adamrezich 4y ago
    that's what I meant, that Amway hijacked Christianity, in the same way that web3 hijacked "crypto" (cryptocurrency and by extension cryptography).
robotburrito 4y ago
MLM stuff is a flat out cult. I've had friends that seemingly over night turned into people who once talked to me about their families, lives, hopes and dreams into people who could only talk to me about protein powders they were trying to sell me.
- fatjokes 4y ago
  So you're saying you agree?
cuteboy19 4y ago
Recently, the Indian government took action against Amway and consequently Indian YouTube is filled with Amway apologists (most likely distributors at the bottom of the pyramid).
- cuteboy19 4y ago
  Points they use, any similarities with crypto are just coincidence of course 1. Financial Freedom! 2. You just don't know what you are talking about 3. Mainstream media is lying to you, they're all paid off 4. They donated to some good causes, how can they be a scam

55 points by 0xB31B1B 4y ago

Very similar though has been on mind as I watch the layoffs are these(+Crypto) startups. The roles being eliminated scream loud and describe very closely to MLM model. The future for you my friend is rich, make sure you get X folks to make you Y% rich, you gotta being you can make this happen. More intelligent people like you out there are waiting to make much bigger deals and investment that you, show them the path.

DangIsAWang 4y ago

adamrezich 4y ago

this was a thoroughly enjoyable and informative read. I'm just old enough to have been around for the 90s Amway stuff and although I'd heard a bit about it I was never exposed to it directly. the author does a great job here of laying out his perspective on things and the Amway : Christianity = web3 : crypto analogy is an interesting one.

siliconpotato 4y ago
The individualistic capitalist greed at the core of Amway is really the underlying fundamental though, and quite far from the message of Christianity- they abused some cherry-picked scriptures to try to align themselves with a cultural psyche. I wonder what methods they use in India?
- adamrezich 4y ago
  that's what I meant, that Amway hijacked Christianity, in the same way that web3 hijacked "crypto" (cryptocurrency and by extension cryptography).

robotburrito 4y ago

MLM stuff is a flat out cult. I've had friends that seemingly over night turned into people who once talked to me about their families, lives, hopes and dreams into people who could only talk to me about protein powders they were trying to sell me.

fatjokes 4y ago
So you're saying you agree?

cuteboy19 4y ago

Recently, the Indian government took action against Amway and consequently Indian YouTube is filled with Amway apologists (most likely distributors at the bottom of the pyramid).

cuteboy19 4y ago
Points they use, any similarities with crypto are just coincidence of course 1. Financial Freedom! 2. You just don't know what you are talking about 3. Mainstream media is lying to you, they're all paid off 4. They donated to some good causes, how can they be a scam