why go that far? herbalife moto is probably "we're a pyramid scheme scam" and they are 45% vs sp500 25% for last 12mo.

you'd better of investing scam500 than sp500 nowadays.

Whenever someone says nowadays, they're highlighting recency bias. The goals of holding a broad market ETF are diversification leading to sleeping well over the long term (at least to me).

How well do SCAM500 stocks do over a time period that includes two recessions, compared to SP500 ones?

I've no doubt that the short-term gains during a bull market on all sorts of garbage are significant.