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You've probably stumbled across their clips or sound bites on social media.
Figures like Andrew Tate, Hamza, and similar people have exploded in popularity by offering harsh, no-nonsense advice to young men on everything from getting rich to picking up women. With millions of followers collectively hanging on their every word, these self-proclaimed male self-help gurus have become the voices of the modern online "manosphere."
But beneath their empty and claims of teaching men to be high-value, lies a troubling undercurrent of unethical life strategies and emotionally stunted perspectives that are sending destructive messages to their primarily young male audiences.
Today, I’m taking a critical look at the ridiculous ideas promoted by these manosphere morons and why their advice, though enticing on the surface, is ultimately unhealthy and self-defeating.
Disclaimer
For this topic, I can already see it in the comments, “But Patrick, you’re talking about the same things in the manosphere you hypocrite!” But oh, you couldn’t be more wrong.
You see, the biggest difference between men like me and boys like them….is that, well, for starters I’m a man. I’m not some 20-something who doesn’t show shit about fuck. I’m a 50 year old who doesn’t know shit about fuck. I’ve got the time logged in life to be man enough to admit that.
And more importantly, I’m sharing philosophy that asks questions, not advice that ultimately keeps you a slave to the system. All I’m doing here is sharing the questions I ask myself as I navigate this experience called life, I share my own lessons learned, call out the hypocrisy and debauchery of the modern world, and I hope to inspire other men just to do the same for yourselves.
While I feel very strongly about some things, at the end of the day, I’m not here to change your mind. Most of you are going to continue participating in voluntary slavery with your head in the sand, poisoning yourselves and wasting every precious moment of your finite life with hero worship and distractions. And that is no concern of mine.
I do feel compelled to at least tell the young men out there, that the manosphere morons they are listening to are nothing more than degenerates who are misguiding them away from real (and healthy) masculine virtues.
I’d like to cover two glaring topics they consistently spew that seem to get the most of your attention, the first being their outlook on:
Women
In recent years, a new sect of social media “celebrities” has emerged, geared toward giving life advice to disaffected young men. Figures like Andrew Tate, First Man, Hamza, and so many more have amassed huge followings by promoting fake masculinity. While on the surface their messages claim to be about male self-improvement, financial freedom, and dating advice, much of their rhetoric is steeped in a concerning lack of both emotional maturity and of real life experience.
One of the most disturbing aspects of the rhetoric from these manosphere morons is their perspectives of women that run through much of their messaging. A prime example is Andrew Tate's comments regarding his physical treatment of women, captured in viral clips online. I’ll take this moment to remind you, a virus is an illness leading to disease, and thus, nothing good goes viral.
Similarly, Hamza has amassed millions of views giving guides on deceiving and manipulating women in order to achieve sexual conquests. In his videos, he encourages his audience to use dishonest pick-up tactics like lying, gas-lighting, and negging for the sole purpose of attaining casual sex.
This predatory framing of women as mere sexual objects to be acquired through manipulation and mind games is not only profoundly unethical, but sets these men up for inability to form any real healthy bonds or genuine intimate connections, and ultimately never truly understand what, and more importantly who, a woman is.
The overarching theme is a dangerous perspective of viewing the opposite sex in an aggressively adversarial way - as conquests to be acquired and subjugated, rather than as the strong divine feminine energy that plays an important biological role to us as a balanced counterpart in our lives.
Let me clear at this point that I’m not saying women are not complicit in this cycle, because they have been lied to as well about beauty, health, femininity, and masculinity; and those women who go along with these manosphere morons are just as much to blame for the perpetuation of this behavior. As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together. We will only attract the energy that we put out into the universe.
I have some upcoming videos specifically on the topic of relationships with women and dating, so let’s table that topic and move on to the next manosphere moron theme of:
Value
Another major issue with the advice peddled by these manosphere morons is their obsessive fixation on superficial materialistic trappings as the path to becoming a "high-value man."
Tate's online "Hustler's University" program claims to teach get-rich-quick methods like cryptocurrency trading, copywriting, and e-commerce, all for a monthly membership fee. But much of it promotes pursuing wealth by any means, including pumping and dumping crypto, marketing scams, or borderline illegal "hustles."
And pretty much everyone else out there is on the new Skool platform with paid membership communities. I’m not saying that online communities are a bad thing, I’ll actually be starting one soon, just not on Skool, rather it’s the content and messaging within them that takes impressionable young men further down these misguided paths.
The message in most of these is that a man's value is determined solely by his bank account and proneness to outrageous materialism and conspicuous consumption.
This shallow, ego-driven pursuit of money and status symbols above all else is a vapid and unfulfilling path. It breeds greed, narcissism, and loneliness rather than any true sense of self-worth or happiness.
The irony is that many of Tate's most loyal followers are high school and college-aged men being led to believe that flaunting rented Lamborghinis on Instagram is the key to becoming a "Top G."
Rather than build gratifying skills, healthy relationships, or ethical wealth, these young men are being misguided into chasing an endless treadmill of consumption and clout-chasing that will only leave them unfulfilled and broke.
The constant stunting of wealth, arrogant persona, and claims of teaching men to be more "high value" may seem enticing, especially to disaffected young men searching for direction. But make no mistake - much of the advice peddled by the manosphere ultimately leads down a self-destructive path.
A Dead End Road
So while easy to get sucked into at first, the path laid out by the manosphere's vanguard of self-help swindlers is a dead-end road of unethical pursuit, emotional stuntedness, and self-limiting philosophies that obstructs true self-actualization.
The crux of the issue is that the brand of masculinity and life advice promoted by the manosphere morons is an emotionally stunted model that is out of step with reality.
Their shared philosophies are rooted in a cancerous premises - that a man's value derives solely from his ability to conquer, subjugate, and accumulate.
And the inevitable results for those who adopt these worldviews are lack of fulfillment, struggles with intimacy, anger and hostility when reality refuses to conform to such outlandish dogma. A joyless, emotionally stunted existence.
At the end of the day, the paths being evangelized by figures holding themselves out as the "elite" manosphere are roads that lead only to dead ends of unhappiness, resentment, and crippling loneliness. While their brash, hyper-inflated approach may be initially compelling for young men, it lacks any nuance or depth. True maturity and becoming a "high value" man in the fullest sense requires so much more.
What Kind of Man Will You Be?
True high-value mentors provide a more holistic vision for self-actualization. One that's about continuous growth, owning your actions, making virtuous choices, and internal reflection and validation - not just amassing temporarily shiny objects.
To become our highest selves as men in this age, we need a more holistic paradigm along the paths of men who came long before us. One rooted in primal self-actualization through continuous philosophical and spiritual exploration of virtues. I touched on this in my Barbarism video a few weeks ago, which is linked in the corner of the screen now. Check that one out after you finish this video.
So I implore you young men out there - as you journey into your own manhood, don't succumb to the shallow siren song of these self-proclaimed alphas hawking childish dogma as life's solutions. Their advice may seem provocative on its face, but it's a dead end at odds with true fulfillment.
Seek out mentors and philosophies more aligned with a primitive and uncivilized vision of masculinity.
The choice of what kind of man you will become is yours. But the manosphere's path, for all its arrogant bluster, is a road that ultimately leads nowhere for the next generation of males.
Let's Have a Discourse
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𝘋𝘐𝘚𝘊𝘓𝘈𝘐𝘔𝘌𝘙: 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘴. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘴, 𝘐 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵!
𝘊𝘰𝘱𝘺𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 107 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘱𝘺𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘈𝘤𝘵 1976: 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 “𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘶𝘴𝘦” 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘮, 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩. 𝘍𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘺𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘕𝘰𝘯-𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘪𝘵, 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭, 𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘶𝘴𝘦. 𝘕𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘺𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴.
𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴: 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭, 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭, 𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦; 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺.
