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Regardless of your opinion on Tate. The question shouldn't be whether or not he is right or wrong, good or bad. The question should be, What is missing in peoples lives and our culture that means that a charcter like Tate has such a following?

Cool that you are interviewing him in a James Bond torture room.

He went over 3 minutes in this clip before mentioning Trump. That's great progress from Sam.

My new favourite quote "it should be more obvious to more people that someone's an asshole" Sooo true

Its the widespread dismal level of parenting that has teenagers and young men seeking mentors outside of their father.

I’m 70 years old. Andrew Tate is abrasive in his approach which by itself turns some people off to the point where they can’t hear the message. This is similar to the issue some folks have with Jordan Peterson. However their fundamental message is very true. The role of masculine men in society has been marginalized. There is a pseudo sophistication in our society that doesn’t see the need for strong, tough, aggressive men. That mentality even feeds into this fluid gender identity mythology. Equality, equality, inclusion, open minded, diversity and all the other buzzwords are an attempt to blur the lines of social norms that have existed for thousands of years. Not all of those norms are relevant or constructive but we seem to have thrown out the baby with the bath water. On some issues I’m 100% for being closed minded. An extreme example, or what appears to be extreme today, is the idea that a man can become a woman. Utter nonsense and yet you have supposedly very educated people that can look you straight in the eyes and make this claim. Another not quite as obvious is that racism is a major problem in the U.S. As a “person of color” married to another “person of color” having lived among people of color all my life that is utter nonsense. But you have preachers of the racial divide and a willing media still talking as if it is 1950’s. I lived through the 1950’s, 60’s and 70’s in Harlem. This is NOT your grandfather’s 1950’s. None of my kids, grandkids or great grandkids (white, black and everything in between) gets away with telling me how racism is the major barrier holding them back from achieving their goals in life. Yes, you will still get a sideways look, a roll of the eyes and a racial slur from some but there are no structural racial roadblocks preventing them from graduating from college or advancing in a particular career. Is there an absolutely level playing field? No. I apologize that my last name isn’t Gates, Clinton, Obama or Trump. Being born into a family with a billion dollars or impressive political connections does help. Such is life. But I’m very much concerned about giving the government the power and control so they can attempt to make things fair and equitable. Their attempt usually ends up trampling on the rights of those they are claiming they’re trying to help. In 21st century America if you put in the work you will be rewarded. All the attempts to reap rewards without putting in the work has resulted in a country with failing infrastructure and $33 trillion in debt.

I remember seeing Tate explain why he should have some say in what his girlfriend wears. Basically saying that because he may have to defend her, he now has a stake in her clothing selection. I remember thinking that this is like a Dwight Schrute mentality. It’s not necessarily wrong, it’s just a really adolescent set of priorities. Andrew Tate (and even more so, his brother) just give me this little boy vibe. It’s funny because his whole thing is supposed to be masculinity, but I see a little boy when I look at him and listen to him speak.

“Intellect is not wisdom.” - Thomas Sowell

I really wish Christopher Hitchens was still with us, so we could listen to his views on the state of society.

Harris even knowing that Andrew Tate exists breaks my heart a little.

"we're at a time whereeeeeee. people actually stopped watching tv for a second and they can actually think for themselves for moments at a time"

"Nothing more dangerous than the ignorance of the intelligent" Thomas Sowell

JP left a vacuum? Did I get that right?

As a software engineer, the one thing that has been evident to me in my years is most people need something to follow. In my industry, every single person I have ever met or worked with who were genuinely exceptional at what they did, all used a particular skill that was endemic to only "their kind", and that was being able to know when to say "it depends" and knowing what to follow and when. Such terrible software has been built by many people I know that all completely failed to apply experience and critical problem solving skills to build a solution but swore by a bunch of frameworks and principles. My industry - just like society and many other industries - are completely infatuated with frameworks or ideas to follow because they feel like without them people completely descend to chaos. However, the truly exceptional people don't need such frameworks (or at least the ones most use) because they are able to operate without them because they can make those decisions on when to use them and what each give.

The pendulum swings back and forth. When everything became offensive being an asshole became attractive to people. When being an asshole gets played out, empathy will come back in style.

“I’ve seen enough of his content” is always the tell. Translation: “I’ve seen a few tik toks from my explore tab and formed an opinion”

loving all the Tate-worshipping soy boys here proving Sam's point

I must agree with some of your audience when it comes to JP, I don't believe he has abandoned the youngman, I think one challange some have to face is taking that advice and putting it into practice. It's quite temting to keep looking for materials out there that will help you get better, you just have to take the first step and continue to walk even if sometimes it is not at the speed you wished. As for Sam's response to Trump's popularity I think it's more of a reaction to the overly protective mother spirit that's dooming the western world, when you impose a too kind and compassionate extreme people will run the other way. None of these extreme are good for us.

Still, the best way is to find answers in this chaotic world is to operate with a critical mind. You can take pieces of wisdom from anyone who has done something positive. The message that Andrew Tate is giving was and still given by J.Peterson, David Goggins, Jocko Wilinck, Andy Frisella, Bedros Keullian, Patric Bet David and many more in much better way. We can clearly see that most of the young men who follow Tate's advice are operating from a reaction position rather than rational thinking.