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13. If the code of FATTHER is
REATRAF, then what is the code
of FREEDOM
O MODEERE
MODREEF
DOMREEF
O MODREEF
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Anyone who has been up watching late-night television has seen them: the get-rich-quick evangelists, usually promoting a system involving real estate. Their pitches are invariably laden with phrases like “financial freedom” and “the lifestyle you deserve.” We may scoff at them, but they exert an undeniable pull.
Hardwired into the American psyche is a kind of tireless optimism, a certainty that we can master our destiny. The American Dream, as it has come to be known, has fueled the ambitions and creative energies of countless individuals from the United States and beyond, often in positive ways. But for some, its promise holds considerable peril. Erik German’s very short but moving and perceptive memoir, My Father’s Dream, is the story of how his own father became lured by the get-rich schemes of Amway and nearly lost everything.
German has two memories of seeing his father cry, and they both involve money. The first is when Erik is a toddler and his father, who wants nothing more than to become a writer, comes home with his first paycheck from a magazine. The success is bittersweet as he confesses to his wife that he is never going to be able to support his young family through writing: “I’m going to have to do something else.” That something else turns out to be Amway, a venture that begins with great promise but soon flounders. The second is 10 years later, when Erik wanders downstairs in the middle of the night for a drink of water, only to hear his father weeping as he tallies all the things he cannot provide his family, especially his son. Soon after, the family moves in with Erik’s grandparents, and the Amway dream is over.
Amway was founded in 1959 by Jay Van Andel and Richard DeVos. Its early product line featured soaps and cleansers, and has grown to include a range of health and beauty products. From the start, its distribution involved network or multi-level marketing (MLM), a system in which distributors receive commissions not only on their own sales but on those of their recruits. While MLM is legally distinct from a pyramid scheme, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) cautions against plans in which prospective income derives mainly from one’s recruits rather than outside sales. Amway has expanded worldwide and is ranked by Forbes as one of the largest private companies in the United States, with annual earnings of more than $9 billion.
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