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Part Two: Amway: The Gravedigger of Democracy

Behind the Bastards

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Amway Money and Clout Is Really Important to the Republican Party

Amway helped create the modern republican party. They are kind of king makers within the republican party. In 19 89, they paid 38 million dollars to settle a lawsuit with the canadian trade office that alleged they'd been illegally skirting customs dues. But you know who hasn't been convicted of fraud in a canadian court? Jack that nicen specific. And nowe it's all just social pressure and like building out this kind of network of, like, this community where the cool thing to do is to just buy into this thing and give people who are richer than you all your money.

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