Andrew Tate: Genius or Villain?

If you have seen this man on TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, or any kind of social media, you have probably seen him multiple times in your feed, then look no further than the man known as Emory Andrew Tate III or simply Andrew Tate. I have been seeing him everywhere on social media and even the podcasts I have been listening to wouldn’t ignore his presence or impact in 2022. I have been listening to his appearances on other podcasts and the fact that he is bringing in so much numbers. There is even a series he appeared on called Grilling on a channel on YouTube called Stand Out TV and by his appearance alone, the video garnered now as of writing, over 8 million views. The channel has since struggled to reach something that high. At this point, I just couldn’t ignore it. Controversies aside, Andrew Tate has become the internet’s most interesting personality of the year and he is pretty much the media’s public enemy #1. I want to go over what I like about Tate, what I don’t like and what ultimately comes down how I view Tate. Let’s dive.

What I Like…

Congruency and Principles

One of the major reasons I left the red pill space is because the people in this space are not really congruent with their principles. I have seen the figures who put up this front that they are this alpha and masculine, but their actions betray their ethics. I genuinely think these guys do these as a front just to sell their books and courses. Rollo Tomassi, who is considered the godfather of the Red Pill and is the author of the book, the Rational Male. He always says it’s a bad idea to marry or to get married. Meanwhile, he’s been married since 1996. Donovan Sharp, who has build himself a platform to tell men to not date single mothers, or women past their prime and he has been exposed to be dating a woman who by his standards is past her prime as she is a single mother and is not only older, she is older than him. Even Fresh&Fit, who have a big platform and giving credit where credit is due for them for their hard work, but whenever I had watched them they just don’t have the charisma or the charm and when you watch them they clearly have no game. It was clear to me they use their platform and their clout to get laid and think women are all the same because they want them for their money. That’s why a lot of men are more drawn to Andrew Tate. From what I have been seeing, Andrew always had that consistency even when he was younger. He always backs up to what he says. Andrew was always charming and charismatic and has such a quick wit. I also commend Andrew for sticking to being honorable and maintaining a strong relationship with his brother.

Pro-Tradition

Another thing I like about Tate is that he stands for traditional values. He understands that men need to be men and women need to be woman and that is something I can get behind. You see a lot push from society to throw away traditional values and a huge push towards sexual promiscuity, sexual immorality, and open relationships. You see it in television and movies where masculinity is mocked and being destroyed. The current generation of men are clearly lost and you can see a strong lack of masculine figures in their lives. You see fathers being portrayed as bums or very incompetent, men are afraid of being cancelled and their “kings” nowadays are these young, skinny, lazy, inexperienced dudes. To me, being a man is a man of honor, high character, values, and being courageous to face danger even if it scares him. There was an infamous discussion on Twitch when Andrew and a streamer named XQC (never heard of him; don’t watch Twitch) and there was a scenario made if there was a burglar who is robbing the home and XQC stated he would not go downstairs and just have his lady go downstairs. My jaw honestly dropped when I heard that. Is this your king, Twitch? I promise you if it were happen to my fiancee and I and I just ditched her only to come back after the break in was over, she would look me in the eye and go, “Why didn’t you protect me?”

Marketability

Nowadays, the currency in social media is attention and Tate knows how to get attention. He’s has a Kanye or a Trump personality. They say the most outlandish things, and they know they’re in headlines. Andrew is a very polarizing figure and he knows how to make people talk.

What I Don’t Like…

You Can’t Cheat But I Can LOL

One of the biggest talking points that the redpill community always pushes is that men can cheat, but women can’t and men can because they’re high value. I always heavily disagree with that talking point. Andrew always preached that because the kings, sultans, and very powerful men have always done that. Even IF that were true, that’s still a speedrun of messing your life up. Number 7 of the ten commandments is that you shouldn’t commit adultery and despite claiming to be Christian, Andrew seems to ignore that the entire book of Proverbs from the Bible is a warning of what happens when a man cheats on his spouse or sleeps with prostitutes, it destroys the family. I’m not sure if he is ignoring it on purpose or he is aware, but just doesn’t care because he is an extremely high earner and that is not how he moves. I am never okay with cheating, regardless of gender. Just because WE men can, does not mean we should. I just can’t help but imagine having a daughter and having her witness me cheating on her mother. That would make her think she can find a man who can cheat on her because she watched her dad cheat on her mom. Youtuber Wesly Thomas (Where’s Wes) said this quote, “Be the man you want your daughter to marry.” And he is 100% correct.

You’re Not Him, Bruh, Stop It

Following up, the way Andrew talks about women and relationships are dangerous and thinking that men can have multiple women and women can’t have multiple men. Because of how consumable his content is to his audience, they get this warped idea that they can have multiple women because automatically they’re men. You get 15 year old boys, bums and loser dudes going out there and think they can have multiple women. It’s actually outright laughable. Andrew himself can make the argument because he is a multi-millionaire, world champ kickboxer, millions of followers on social media, but to the very average man (myself included), it does NOT apply at all. Me, I’m 27 and not a millionaire, I have barely under 100 followers on Medium. I only have ONE woman in my life. I don’t think I can handle TWO or more. I also notice a trend of these weird alpha male podcasts popping out of nowhere and they’re just repeating the same redpill talking points and trying to imitate the lifestyle and attitude that Tate has and those podcasts get rightfully roasted by the internet because it’s just bad and outright inauthentic.

Is He Real or Is He Fake?

It’s not a strong negative, but I always do wonder does Andrew believe the things he says. In a way, I do think he believes it because of the life he lives. However, I always wondered if this is how he legitimately acts or behaves . Not saying he puts up a front, but I always wondered how he portrays himself on camera is a character or a gimmick. It is honestly hard for me to tell the difference on who the real Andrew Tate. Social media influencers have interesting dynamic with their audiences and what makes a hard sell whether they’re just doing this for money or if they have conviction. It’s something to think about a lot.

Genius or Villain?

I’m not huge follower of Tate nor am I a detractor. I am just finding a middle ground of how he moves. Genuinely I could go for the conclusion that he is both, but it felt like a cop out. So ultimately, I believe he is a genius for a multitude of reasons. He understands shock values and controversies sell and knows how to piss people off. He also have his coaching course Hustler’s University and he really knows how to market himself.

Side Note: I am not affiliated or paid by Andrew or Tristan Tate at all. I have never used Hustler’s University and probably never will.

Final Thoughts

I think this is probably my most controversial article I wrote and Medium might cancel me and I’ll take it as it is. Seriously, it is what it is. I skipped his controversies because it has been done to death and I know they are going to be more hit pieces about him. I am not a detractor but I’m also not a blind follower. I think he is very unethical whether it is his business practices or how he view relationships with women. That’s why I made sure there are both sides of who what Tate represents. I do think he plays a role on young men finding purpose for their lives and understanding themselves as men, Andrew is too polarizing to ultimately be this number one role model. I do think there are better, better role models to look up to rather than Andrew Tate, but his impact could also not be denied. Love him or hate him, Andrew Tate has become the most interesting individual of 2022 and we can only go and wonder how far until his character arc really ends.