<prompt> Human: Alright, first off Ill try to get this formatting right but it will probably be a wall of text because Im on mobile. Second, Im not sure if this is the right place to post this so if it isnt please point me to the correct sub reddit.Okay, so I come from a verrryyy small blue collar town. Theres not much career choice if you stick around and dont go to college. Well recently a few of my good friends have been getting into this network marketing company called Life Leadership. Basically, you pay 100 dollars to join this company and get on a team and you go out and recruit other members to get to a certain point to where you start making money. They do have products, a bunch of self help and motivational CDs and books that are supposedly New York Times best sellers authored by these guys who are the top leaders in this business.Now, Ive been approached by these MLMs before, such as body by vi and vemma, and I steered clear of them being the decently smart guy I am. But my friends keep telling me this is different and its a 215 million dollar a year company and a bunch of other stuff.Basically, the business model is you join and youre on this team. My friends claim its not a pyramid scheme because the structure is apparently different, its more of a ladder and anyone at any point on the ladder can make more than the people above them, they just have to go out and start their own leg of the team and get recruits. Apparently, you can also make money by accruing point volume by paying for the monthly subscription and going to seminars and listening to the podcasts and purchasing more CDs and self help books. This is what Ive gotten out of it at least.Anyway, they dragged me to a meeting in Saginaw, Michigan this past weekend and it felt like a cult-like atmosphere to me. They get you all hyped up for this stuff, and bring people up on stage to be recognized and what not. And the top people in this company who have succeeded the most, called life coaches go up on stage and tell their stories and I guess offer a little, if any, advice on how they got to where they are and how to do it. After the whole thing I was almost sold, but the next day I woke up and I almost felt like I had been brainwashed into thinking that way. I couldnt think about much else besides life leadership and going out and spreading the word about it. It really worries me because its almost all my friends think about now. Heres the part that worries me most: Theyre wholeheartedly convinced that this company is the only way to save everyone from what they call the financial matrix and that were all slaves to society and life leadership is gonna bring us out of this and into an age of freedom and that we all need to get on this bandwagon and save ourselves before its too late. If I knew how to put a link in this, Id link you to the website and their income disclosure statement. This whole thing seems like a big scam to me and Im really worried that my friends are gonna ruin themselves financially. Were all 22-23 years old and this us a critical time in our lives when it comes to getting our finances right and I dont want to see them fall into this rabbit hole of Network marketing. Im worried about myself too because it keeps creeping back into my head that this company is gonna help me achieve my dreams and get me where I want to go.TL;DR friends involved in MLM called life leadership and Im on the fence about it. What do you guys think about this company?Edit: thank you guys for your honesty and advice. Im really grateful for your guys kind word and nice approach. You could of all been like yeah youre a dumb ass and so are your friends but you laid it all out for me and explained to me why I should stay away from this. Im gonna take what Ive learned here and talk to my friends and see if I cant convince them to stop throwing their money away, and if I cant Im gonna let it run its course and theyll learn the hard way. Im pretty convinced there isnt a more kind and honest community on the internet than reddit. You guys are saving me a lot of money and trouble and probably shitty feelings about myself. Wish I could gold you all.  <response>: Basically, the business model is you join and youre on this team. My friends claim its not a pyramid scheme because the structure is apparently different, its more of a ladder and anyone at any point on the ladder can make more than the people above them, they just have to go out and start their own leg of the team and get recruits. So... a pyramid scheme then. 