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when a pyramid scheme falls it takes everyone with it

>>1454959
No.
It.
Is.
Not.

>>1292320
Part 2:

Let's call the guy Ramon.
>Sure, why not?
>I come to his house, and he offers me a beer as I step in.
>Alright.
>He shows me around the house a bit, introduces me to his mom and pets and all that.
>Walk into his room and see that there is a whiteboard, a beamer and all kinds of graphs.
>Wat.
>A guy I still know from elementary school steps into the room.
>Apparently, he was invited too.
>Actually have fun catching up with him and talking about our lives so far.
>Ramon has brought a friend of his who is with Xango (his name will be John).
>Ramon and John begin a goddamn sales pitch, talking about how they are all for "self-improvement", being economically independent and, I shit you not, "Tribe-building".
>I thought I was going to hang out with this guy, drink some beers and play some games and now I'm hearing a couple of hours long salespitch.
>It starts with how they were in high school.
>No direction, no motivation and no idea on what to do in life.
>Until they found Xango, that is.
>After hearing their life story, they talk about the products and how mangosteen is the most important discovery in the last few decades.
>As soon as it's done, thank them for the story and compliment them on their presentation skills. (They actually set up a pretty good presentation)
>Together with the other guy, we make up a bullshit excuse on how we have to go now so we don't have to stay around much longer.
>We both agree on that this was all incredibly fishy.
>Over the course of months, hear of a lot of friends about how they got invited for these presentations under the guise of hanging out.

Now, this isn't so bad since they didn't have a lot of succes so far. The only problem is, is that when I go out, and those guys are around, there seems to be a bigger group of them each and every time. They especially go for people that are easily influenced and really not that popular so they can expand the "tribe".

So I decided to look into the company myself.