I know a lot of people use that term "Pyramid Scheme" to Sound intelligent and look like they are informed. The fact of the matter is there is illegal Ponzi schemes, and legal Pyramid schemes.
Look up Charles Ponzi from the 1930s or Bernie Madoff from the early 2000s, or Sam Bankman-Fried from just recently. Those are ILLEGAL SCAMS.
A Legal Pyramid is where you work, ANY Government in the world, ANY Military in the world., any corporation in the world. You have President of a Company at the top. VP's under him, Director's under them, Managers under them, Supervisors under them, team leaders under them, then you the worker. You can't move up until the guy above you dies, retires, geta fired or is promoted.
THAT is a Pyramid scheme. You Live in it and Work in it. So... what you have been indoctrinated into calling a PYRAMID SCHEME (to keep you an ignorant lemming who stays in their Pyramid scheme), is a direct sales company, that allows you to break out of their system. Where Their System IS a Pyramid, Direct Sales companies are more like a large set of steps.
In direct sales you can meander up the steps, you can walk up the steps of you can run up the steps. YOU get the rewards for YOUR Own work. Yes, whoever sponsors you, and trains you will get Rewarded for helping you get started and training you. THEY DO NOT GET YOUR MONEY. The company pays them a reward for how productive you become. That reward is for their efforts to find you, launch you and train you.
The truth is You ARE NOT STUCK under them making pennies while they are making dollars. If you out work them, you pass them financially. Do yourself a favor and get educated before you get on the internet and make yourself sound stupid.