Shawn,
I read up on this MLM stuff.
Very wicked indeed (gets even compared to Ponzi schemes).
I find it difficult to see how a sales person at node level 1042 appears to a sales person at node level 1 especially when it comes to the concept of node level N getting a commission for sales done at node level N+1.
I can see the essence of a bill of materials that makes it necessary to be organized hierarchically. But even in a space shuttle I can't see past 50 levels.
Interesting stuff though...