Hype and plunder: Domo a new low for self-indulgent IPOs

Re:Hype and plunder: Domo a new low for self-indulgent IPOs by shemnon42 on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @06:07PM (#17242500)

Buying items via MLM is no more immoral than buying a used car through a dealer. It's the abuses of that method that are well known, much like the sleezyness of the prototypical used car salesman. But there are actual good MLM salespeople as well as used car salesmen. The method itself is not immoral (It's not gambling) just some of the practitioners.

That being said every single printed congregational directory I've seen has a statement "For Church Use Only - Do not copy without permission from your local church leaders. Not to be Used for Any Commercial, Business, or Political Purpose" - So there is a strongly worded statement about using church resources for your business.

Or perhaps you were looking for this - https://www.mormonnewsroom.org/additional-resource/personal-...

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Re:Hype and plunder: Domo a new low for self-indulgent IPOs by mythrwy on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @06:16PM (#17242558)

I think the method (MLM as opposed to a person who is just selling something) is immoral in the same vein that gambling is.

Because it's a consuming and addictive negative expectations game that (generally) takes a persons money and effort without growing the social pie so to speak.

It feeds on persons natural desire to better themselves, to make it in life but this effort is subverted into the pockets of hucksters and scammers rather than actually producing good for the world. In this sense it's like pornography as it subverts a natural tendency into nonproductive or counterproductive outlets.

People become wrapped up in these schemes, they ruin relationships, families and lives. I find this very immoral.

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