As a former brainwashed person perhaps I can explain the mindset?
Re the Internet which became more available in the UK in the late 1990s, we were frequently told that there was no editor to police what was posted on it so it was easy for 'losers' with a 'grudge' who'd had their 'dream stolen' to want to whine about Amway. It was therefore better to stay away from the internet (this before Quixtar reared its ugly head).
Recently I spoke to one of the kingpins over here - posing as an ex distributor looking to get back in. When I said that my husband had been neutral until he found negative stuff on the internet he replied 'Oh, they put anything on there. Did you know you can find negative stuff about Mother Teresa now?' I believe this is called a 'thought-stopping' comment.
And of course you can. Google "Mother Teresa"+fraud or "Mother Teresa"+negative or any other combination you can think of. Her views on many topics were not shared by everyone.
What I don't understand is how any new people get into MLMs now that the internet is so readily available. We used to be told that in the early days, just after seeing the plan, new prospects were very vulnerable to snioping - "susceptible to negative influence of people" - to counter this we were encouraged to get them listening to tapes and to a meeting as soon as possible.
"If the dream's big enough the facts don't count."
The other explanation if people came across negative information about Amway was that these negative comments probably refered to other lines of sponsorship, much as my old AMO IBS was claiming that the current UK investigation is into Network 21 and Britt Worldwide, not them (this is actually because the DTI can only investigate companies and IBS is not an incorporated body).
Bear in mind that most people were introduced by friends, or by people who quickly became 'friends' and the tendency to believe them rather than people who wanted to 'steal your dream' is perhaps more understandable.
Helen
Hal Vaughan <hal@thresholddigita
> So how will my peers here in San Diego open their eyes to this USANA
> scam? Why can't they just google "USANA scam?" It is lame to me
> that these peers of mine are flashing their pictures with the big
> shots (devils) of the company and pictures of their flashy cars with
> USANA stickers on them. Am I just a hater? I just feel sorry for
> them I guess.
You're not a hater. You're just not brainwashed.
I worked in residential treatment for a while and taught emotionally
disturbed kids, still, dealing with people in deep stages of denial was
always hard to believe. I was actually engaged to someone like that
and it's what drove it home to me that you can tell someone something
as clear and logical as "2+2 = 4" and if it goes against what they want
to believe, they can ignore it and tune any fact out and refuse to
believe it.
It's amazing and sad to see, but it is real.
Hal
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