Bad Propaganda: "Alternative Facts" about MLM

Recently the Trump camp used "alternative facts" when attempting to "defend" some numbers that are obviously bogus... with even MORE bogus factoids. It is interesting to note that this has been used by MLM for decades, with little success.

So what are some of the "alternative facts" that had been used by MLM supporters?

• If I can succeed you can too...  just like "any lotto ticket can be the big winner"
  
• Success requires hard work... and a whole lot of luck, and other stuff conveniently not mentioned
  
• Thousands of people around the world found MLM works for them...  out of 100 million, as estimated by DSA
  
• Avon is nothing compared to the bigger network marketing companies...  despite Avon is almost same size as Amway, about 10 billion annual revenue larger than any other MLM company.


• MLM is the next big thing that will replace all retail and they've been saying it for the past 40 years, and it's still not true
  
• MLM created the most millionaires of any modern industry... Nope, that'd be tech industry.
  
• MLM helps a lot of people make supplemental income (despite annual average sales of less than $2000 per person in the US, and that's just revenue, not profit). Just how much effort are you spending to make that extra $167 per month? 

Have you spotted more "alternative facts" cited by MLM proponents about their particular MLM? Do they sound "reasonable" at first, but a quick fact-check disproved them easily? Share them in the comments.