Well, it looks like I went too easy on Andy around the 7 minute mark. I didn't want to just crap all over the guy since I only had a small amount of footage to go on, but it's clear now that one can not be hard enough on him. Reports now indicate that he is a literal pimp and general piece of human garbage.

“Go serve those around you and stop worshipping at the alter of the mirror” This man be dropping poetry. 😂 Well written and delivered. Thank you for sharing this with the world.

Hey man, as a leftist I'm relieved that I found a conservative channel that is less reactionary and more reasonable about certain topics. Keep up the good content, I appreciate it👍

Finally, a rational take on all this alpha hooplah. I'm a 30 year old man who has been working at a hospital for the past couple years, and I really saw myself undergo a change when I focused my energy on helping others. Not that I was ever doing this for anybody else, but it's crazy how much attention you get when people find out you're a dependable, hardworking person, who not only can take care of himself, but others as well. Now I have a drive that I've never had before, I'm fulfilling my dream of going back to school for medicine next year. To me, I've found my calling and it makes me happier than all of Tate's super cars ever could.

Thank you, I too have gotten very tired of Juvenile men arguing with Juvenile women and everybody hating on each other. We have a juvenile culture that I hope is starting to mature but it's going to take awhile.

Hey As a woman, I appreciate this. I very much agree with you here. Going above the alpha male persona is a good thing.

You know why I hate alphas? There’s a line in game of thrones said by Tywin to Joffrey who keeps telling everyone he’s the king. “The true king does not need to tell people he’s king.” Now replace king with alpha.

This is a very good take, in my opinion. My mama always taught me “Life is about balance. If you go too far one way or the other on anything, you tip the scale”, and it’s so true. Everyone’s conditioned to be so divided and to think that “well if this way of thinking is good, the opposite must be COMPLETELY BAD”. Then life becomes like a sports game where the other way of thinking is always the enemy, which simply isn’t so in my experience for a lot of common things. Having a balanced take and looking at everything from BOTH sides before forming an opinion is the key to not getting stuck in the societal norms that hurt your mental health and way of looking at life logically. I recently found your channel and your content has been a refreshing look at things I’ve casually thought about for years. I hope you continue to share these ideals with people ☀️ I know I’m really enjoying these videos. Also, His Cheeseburger is a BOP and that’s gonna be stuck in my head for the rest of the day, so thanks for that.

"A leader is a servant." LIKIN' AND COMMENTING FOR THAT ONE CHIEF 👍💪👌

Correct. Andrew and Logan are both children. Having, building and caring for a family and the community they live in to make things better.

7:12 I mean, Tate kinda glorified physical abuse to women and simultaneously stereotyped them once in another interview, so idk about that one…

Maybe it’s just my upbringing, but I think a lot of “masculine” traits are just good humanistic traits. Such as providing for others, responsibility, etc. I personally don’t identify myself with masculinity though I identify as male. It’s hard to describe

For the amount of views and the amount of subs you have, your editing and video quality is pretty good. keep it up!

I believe empowering yourself is a good message but I do not believe that these people bring more good than bad as they often promote misogyny and in tastes case actual abuse of others especially women. The problem is much more of society needs to learn and learn how to use critical thinking and empathy

As a conservative person I agree. My KZfaq feed keeps giving me this kind of stuff and I just don't fully agree with them. I still think they do more good than bad. I'd rather have people strive to be-although egotistical and materialistic-fit and financially stable(not that you can't be fit and financially stable without the cons I mentioned) over being broke and aimless, as I am. On another note, I'm surprised you don't have more subscribers. I watched your video on Velma and now this one and I have to say you have a way with words. I think you're quite efficient when speaking, specially in that Velma video. You were concise in making your point. I like that.

If I remember right, the alpha male idea came from an outdated study on wolves. There was a thought that the alpha wolf got there by dominating the other wolves. Actually, a wolf pack is led by a mated pair of wolves and everyone else are their pups and occasional strangers that are accepted into the fold. Some circles of men have taken this outdated idea and since ran with it.

Hey. Just wanted to say I discovered this channel recently and I ADORE this content (that VeggieTales reference was top notch) Something funny about these alpha males is that they refer to the male alpha wolf a lot like he’s a loner when in reality, the leading male wolf of a pack is (especially in the wild) a family man. He’s the father of the pack more often than not. He leads for the well being of the pack and is respected but is also very gentle and good for some bonding and play time.

I don't think it's really fair to suggest that wanting want big muscles, fast sports cars, or hot women as a bad thing in and of itself. If you have a passion for something or a desire for something, and you're able to pursue that dream, then that's part of what makes life worth living. The problem comes when either (A) you think that those successes make your life worth more than other's lives, or (B) when passion turns to obsession and you forsake your other duties in the community. I love martial arts. I've been doing it half my life. I taught (mostly kids) for several years. I'm learning a new one now. The biggest three reasons I do it are so I can find friends with similar interests to me (martial arts), as my form of exercise, and because it's just so dang fun. The video presents pursuit of martial arts competition as some sort of alpha male thing, but I just want to have fun. Same reason I drive a sport car (not a supercar). I enjoy driving it, and it fits my needs. Not all of this is in service of others, but it doesn't really hurt others that I have them.

0:56 The general thing is that these days it's only villains like Bateman and Durden who are really allowed to be masculine. It's the same reason people like characters such as Walter White or John Wick. When was the last time you saw a male character in fiction that embodied manliness like Superman, or Han Solo, Indiana Jones or a Schwarzeneggar movie? It doesn't really exist anymore. Schwarzeneggars action heroes are considered 'toxic' these days for using violence, feminists call Han Solo a creep for 'pushing himself' on Leia during Empire Strikes back, and the less said about the mishandling of Superman the better. If heroes are supposed to embody virtue, and modern feminism is considered a virtue. Then by that standard none of these characters can be shown to be heroes. But at the same there's still a huge market for for movies about men who act manly, get in fights, sleep with every women, get the money and the power. But none of them are allowed to be good and heroic anymore because that might signal that the 'masculine' behavior is a good thing. If all you see in the media is that all masculine behavior is toxic and evil. Then men are going to start glamorizing toxic and evil people.

This channel is AWESOME! I expected far more views by now but still, this channel is pure quality. EVERY ASPECT OF IT! Thanks Greg!

One of the most nuanced and sincere takes of the subject of manliness. Like you said, being alpha means understanding you and your feelings come last.

You’re a real one Greg. Thank you for being real.

Thanks for making this we all need to hear this especially in todays time.

Bookmarking this vid for later watching. Perhaps several times. It is good motivation! Thank you.

Great content. I'm a single father and sometimes get down on myself for being a little overweight, not making more money or not doing great in the dating scene but this video helped to give me some needed perspective. I provide for my son and I'm always here for him. Keep up the good work!

Great video! Seeing the forest through the trees Greg.

A real man will be more and more like Jesus. He had all power but only ever served others. He had nothing to prove to anyone, unlike these internet clowns overcompensating for their deep-seated fear they aren't good enough. There's no substitute for knowing your purpose and being right with your Creator! You hit the nail on the head with this one!

New subscriber. Love the BroForce references.

when you brought out the dnd it killed me 🤣

I would even go as far as to say that a man that has this service mindset will have little trouble at "stumbling" into success and relationships, by the mere virtue of him being the opposite of a ducebag in his usual behaviour.

Great speech at the end!

I disagree that the man needs to be the leader in the house. I agree there does need to be a leader, but it's not always the man. If a woman has the more dominant personality, then it makes more sense for her to be the leader in that relationship.

5:39 is the reason I followed you. Teddy P and a Smashburger is the pinnacle of greatness!

Gentlemen I'm with you on most things that I have been listening to on this channel since I discovered it about 3 hours ago (listening while working so thank you for helping me get through all this work by the way🙏), but honestly having lived the "be a good man thing", "serve your family & broader community", & all that, honestly this is where I recoil because I don't agree. I'm 34 now, spent most of my life thinking that this worldview of a man, his place & role in society is the truth. I actually enjoyed that selfless life where you made the decision to not focus on yourself especially when it mattered. So far as I can tell in my own experience (other ppl might have had a different experience), your worth to your family & society ends up mostly being measured by your bank balance. All the being a good man, supportive & loving partner, caring, being a dedicated person in your family & a servant in your community (job, neighborhood, church) eventually get weighted against how nice your car is, how much you earn & what nice things you can do for the people around you, not how loving, caring, supportive you are. That is my experience & as such, I can totally get why these guys have just gone to the extreme because at least when you are at their level you don't burn yourself living up to an ideal. You don't even have to try because your value, though measured in a very superficial way is at least unquestioned as opposed to the man who tries & keeps failing especially by modern society's standards where men have boxes to tick, but the ladies......,you know; she's perfect exactly as she is. Personally, I have no interest in having multiple women wake up in bed as I lift weights & kick things on my luxury boat 😅. Sorry but that is just weird to me coz casual sex with ppl I don't know every other night never seems like a good idea whether ur him or her ,& seems like waaaaaay too much work😓. That said, the good man thing, sorry I don't agree.

HA! You nailed the youth pastor down! The variety I'm used to wears those blazers with the elbow pads and a dress shirt that's unbuttoned at the top with no necktie! Jeans sometimes and really shiny shoes! XD

Alphas are glorified male Peacocks, Omegas are Emperor Penguins. Got it.

I agree with your points alongside andrew. Do what makes ACTUAL SENSE... this was a great message from your video

Anybody who features music by both Keith Sweat and Christopher Williams in his videos, is alright in my book. Keep trucking, Greg.

Loved this video!

I don't really have anything to say but I want to comment anyway just to let you know I appreciate this video and what you say in it.

In life, you only control two things- your actions and your thoughts. Or, to put it another way, you only control what you do and why you do it. This is an interesting look into what you get when your actions are right but your motivations are so completely corrupt. I think we see a lot of "Wrong thing for the right reason" examples but the converse is a cautionary tale as well.

7:20 Boy that aged poorly. I guess Tate was insulted by being considered ordinary

I'm really glad that I clicked on your 'Velma' video, your channel seems to offer a lot of good content with commentary that I find interesting and enlightening...with the Christian perspective. I've been aware of Tate for 2-3 years now and found him to be a very intelligent and insightful young man...and then the 'Sales pitch' came, which was very off putting, but I simply ignored it as I thought it to be false bravado, and then last year co-workers started asking me if I knew of "this guy Tate", the type of guys who I would not recommend any young man emulate, and then it all exploded. Yeah, Tate had blossomed into a late night Hype TV Salesman, that was so obviously manufactured that I couldn't take him seriously anymore...Pride goeth before the fall.

Just found your channel yesterday but you’ve earned my subscription. I joke with my girlfriend about being that kind of man, but it’s pretty obvious I’m joking because I’m 5’6, fat and physically limited because of a military injury. I can’t stand these “gurus,” or the people who take them seriously.

I'll be sticking with my Sam Fisher and Arthur Morgan mindset in life.

Great points! Also how do you have so few subs

I was working like crazy to constantly better our lives, and then I started working with people far less passionate working less hours and in higher roles than me. I figured out working that much helps me learn, but it didn't help promote me up.

EXCELLENT vidéo.

If you focus on anything, just make sure fitness is a part of it. I dont mean being chiseled like a greek god. I mean general, functional fitness. Be able to get out of bed and lift groceries and walk upstairs without dying. Just f*cking exercise is what i'm saying. And also, very very important. Actually do things you enjoy. Hobbies and stuff. Dont "hustle" 24/7. You need to actually enjoy life as well, even if its something small like a walk. Just get away from all the hussle and bussle of life sometimes and relax.

Well you could make a point that building muscles for yourself isn't something negative either. Looking good is something everyone wants and I see only negative aspects if everything revolves around that. In addition to that being attractive to your partner is a good thing. You should take care of your body beyond basic maintenance.

men nowadays need to watch a john wayne cowboy movie. that's all. They be alright after that.

Conservative person here also getting very disturbed by the realization that I am equated with people like Andrew Tate in some people's eyes. What do I do???

10:22 LOL That hurt me in the cringe muscle so hard. Ah, the memories.

This channel is showing how the real world is. Most people are not hard left, or hard right. The gray area is where the majority of people live. 🤷🏼‍♂️

When you see a man posing with nunchaku as an example of "manly use of weapons" you know he is not what he thinks he is. Nunchaku are a limp, broken stick.

I agree with a lot of what you said - particularly about service being one of the true paths to living a fulfilling life. However, you have to forgive young men for getting swept up in the emptiness of the quest for money and/or the perfect six pack. Learning about the importance of service and how real men behave is something you do mostly through experience, sometimes quite bitter experience- although having a great dad gives you a real head start here. I feel really sad for all those young guys out there who dont have decent fathers to set an example for them. Christian values seem at odds with today's TikTok world, and sadly a lot of religious leaders have let us down. However, Jesus' central message: "Be a decent human being, not an asshole" still rings true.

most sane conservative ever

Keith Sweat earned my sub.

David Goggins is the medicine we need

That D&D book ref made me cackle.

Cheese burgers without bread or sauce is a great food that will help you get cut and fit.

Is Captain Picard the ultimate Greg-style alpha male? Discuss!

Yes, the Greek alphabet burns got my like.

Why does everyone want everyone else to be just like them? Or they’re living wrong. It’s dumb. Do whatever you want.

"Muscles are just a tool to do your job as a man" This is my take here, too. The men following this, a lot of them anyway, are just missing the point that the reason for being tough, aggressive and macho is to protect others. Also, I'm pretty sure Tate is just a shiny distraction from the real brains behind the operation. It's an MLM scheme, too, btw. I saw part of the Vice docu about him, it was weird...

I'm only using it to express my point. A REAL alpha man is the protector, provider and a man that is humble and a servant to God. Humbleness is a great virtue, but unfortunately all these "alpha" men are the opposite of humble.

I laughed at the Gita and Durga line. 😂

Such a based KZfaqr, thanks for the video. Pride, greed and lust (becoming the "Top G", the cool guy, getting RICH and getting the all the women) are deadly sins Jesus is the Way. GOD Bless.

How much is enough money to make? As much as I'm capable of earning. If I can do billions, I will. The more money I make, the less I'm chasing after it. But if I need to buy a new house and prices stay insane, well, I'll need to make more.

"Brofessors". This term deserves to be nailed!

pretty good vid, i have my gripes and my againsts with it, but those are the best vids to watch, these are the ones that challenge our worldviews and really teach us to be better, which is what it is all about. I'm personally against the focus that the man's job is to be a family man and to provide for his family, maybe its because im still young but i dont want to be "chained down" to a family, since it gives you less time to do the things you want to do and in my opinion, the pros dont really outweigh the cons. And also the "working out to look good is disgusting", this was the reason i even commented this. Goddamn i just love the way i look now and im basically at the starting point, totally doing it for myself too, just like some people keep on improving their crafts to be the best at it, its like saying learning guitar to play those hardest songs you love is disgusting or saying you shouldn't be an artist for the sake of doing great paintings. The difference between these comparisons is the way you see your progress, some watch it in the computer, we watch it in the mirror. Hopefully i got my point across and would really appreciate if you answered this in some way, subscribed either way, cheers.

Why can't I like this video again? KZfaq, you've failed me!

1. that burger looks delicious 2. selflessness is lost a lot of these guys 3. I like your evaluation 4. c#? bro that's so beta 😉

I'll say Alpha people do exists and it's not gender specific, but they're not that, they're leaders sure, but by example and they're teachers and they build you up, I've worked under a few and when you fall short they get disappointed in you and it's so much worse than if they got angry, but also let you know when you're doing well and encourage I don't know if I'm that person but I strive to be now that I'm training people at my work more and more

As a woman, the thought of a man leading the family is so absurd to me. Let it go pls

Is a social, political and religious conservative. I agree entirely. These alpha male guys are the worst. The reason you need to be strong. There’s a reason you need to earn money. The reason you need to strive is so that you can take care of your family.

Alpha males who are jacked may make good protectors, but your average soldier, sailor, airman, marine, or law enforcement officer can take an Alpha male down. You don't have to be super strong in order to be a good fighter.

I find it hilarious whenever I watch those “alpha males” on the Internet and flex on how many cars they have, how their pool is the size of Jupiter, how they have a golden basketball how they have 19 24 karat magic chains or whatever, how they have diamond-played Balenciaga slides or smth. Either their dads called them a gay fairy back in high school or they’re compensating for something. I legitimately don’t know which one. 😂😂😂

Aged well considering Tates dirty laundry coming out in trial.

Based

This is also kinda why when people complain about "toxic masculinity" I usually get kinda annoyed. Because a lot of actions and behaviors labeled as toxic masculinity aren't masculine in the slightest. Masculine behavior and actions are things done in service of others whether that be protective or providing, this a toxic act of masculinity would be something like being overly protective of someone, forcing materials on them when they don't want it, things like that. Things like taking advantage of people, sexual or otherwise, assaulting people, and so on aren't masculine at all, they're the opposite of masculine, they're weak little bitch behaviors that small people use to feel big. Tho, in saying that, I do have to concede that "man-splaining" technically counts as toxic masculinity, as it's a man trying to impart wisdom without being asked, giving resources without a request, if that makes any sense.

Real alpha's don't need to scream "I'm an alpha" you know an alpha when you see it. I've observed in the "TV reaction youtube sphere" when you remove the politics they all react the same way to an alpha male. The best example I can give is all the Band of Brothers reaction. There is a scene in Band of Brothers Episode 8 where all the reactors have the same reaction and at the end all the reactors know who is the alpha of the group. I'll risk being called a sexist by saying you could almost see the female reactors internal dialogue "I want to have this mans babies" and the male reactors sitting next to them aren't even jealous. That is an alpha male.

"As a man it is your job to-" :s :s :s

This advice is more useful than any of the crap that's being spoken by the alpha guys.

One can be humble but never submissive. Why? You inevitably coexist with morally ambivalent members of humanity who won’t care about your well-being at all despite of what you do. Humility is wisdom. Submissiveness is spinelessness. There is a difference. That is why you must start from taking care of your own health and sanity first and foremost, something that society doesn’t always offer you reliable help with due to the aforementioned moral ambivalence. You are merely expected to give yourself up for the benefit of strangers and familiars alike without always benefitting yourself. There is the ever present risk of you falling further through the cracks. Some succumb to that fate while others such as the examples in this video overcompensate through empty posturing. If as a man you can’t find an adaptive balance to a challenging life you can not effectively serve anybody. It’s all about balance. That is what individual men must truly achieve as a goal to be healthy. Just my two cents.

OH LORD YES! Quite honestly, I cannot stand how ego-centric these "alpha males" teachings come out as. Their teachings are not the true end goal for a man as these are truly just tools. The money and wealth is not simply for you: they are for your family and, if you own a business, your employees as you give them their pay for hard work. That big house is not for you to simply echo into: it's for your family to thrive and grow. Personally, I've found working out to not be enough, but it IS a key factor to happiness; not the only one. Learning more about history, philosophy (personally, I prefer Nietzsche, Christ, Aurelius and Musashi thus far), and even how to cook, get back into drawing and art, and better understanding writing. Basically it doesn't matter what method you seek to better yourself: understand that your goal is to progress farther than you did yeaterday; even if it's only an inch.

What fuels all this worship of Alphas in Anglospheric societies is their hyper-willpower/free will approach to life even in their “Christian worldview”. E.g. “I am resilient largely because of my willpower/free will/choice”. “I obey Jesus largely by my willpower/free will/choice (rather than God’s grace MAKES ME want to obey Him)”. “Jesus can only transform my heart to the extent of which I exercise my willpower to ‘allow’ Him”. While the existence of the moral freewill remains highly controversial even amongst Christians, a hyper-emphasis on it will eventually make you chase after “alpha-hood” as a way to deceive yourself into believing that you are “resilient enough” to whip out the willpower/free will whether it is to be a “tougher” person or to be a “better follower of Jesus”. On rainy days when life hits hard enough that willpower is virtually nil, hyper freewillers will be the first to feel unworthy of God’s perfect love that casts out fear thus constantly trapped to prove oneself to be seen as a “resilient Alpha” as well as sucking up to “resilient Alphas” out of fear that “my willpower/free will/choice” is not resilient enough.

You’ve conflated your job as a father with every man’s job as a man. 1. Be an expendable servant 2. Be a confident leader 3. Be an expendable servant Those aren’t what a “man” needs to be. That’s what YOU need to be, as a person who volunteered to take on seven burdens, with no ethical recourse to relieve yourself of those burdens. I have not volunteered to manage such a burden, thus my “job” as a man is simply not to interfere. Join the 21st century, won’t you?

Being a man is not thinking that your struggles & needs are more important than any female just because of your gender. That's just called being a jerk

Um... Tate has many aligations of SA and trafficking. So, "Bad Guy," he is, earning that title.

When Jesus walked among us, he did not preach about "manliness", he healed the poor, sick, lame, and taught His disciples how to minister to the people. The example was that NO ONE BUT GOD CAN TRULY SOLVE HUMAN PROBLEMS. Anyone who seriously calls themselves a Christian will recognize that these notions of manliness or femininity are all ultimately human-derived concepts. A man is still a man even if he was born blind and relies on everyone to live from birth to death.

Two out of three ain't bad, oh well -slacker male

I understand where you're coming from, Old Fruit, but I think you're looking at this too deeply. If these 2 morons want to knock seven shades of sh*t out of each other... let 'em. England's (yes, I'm English) Freddy Flintoff did something similar a few years ago and he got it out of his system, and now he's over it. Watch current episodes of Top Gear to see how far.

Boys, if you're here to simp for your diety Andrew, you should probably watch the video first so you don't continue to prove me right.

That Andrew Tate segment kind of aged like fine milk, wouldn't you say?

Hehehe..."brofessors"...nice. Go ahead and listen to Fincher-Norton on the Fight Club commentary or Michael Lewis talking about the "Liar's Poker" reaction, and you'll see how poor the perspective of most young men is and has been. Also, "Alpha Male" is a completely false premise generated by idiots who "studied" a bunch of captive wolves who were just pissed about being in cages and fought like wild animals in cages...you know, due to the fact that they were WILD ANIMALS WHO WERE TRAPPED IN CAGES. The "alphas" in wild wolf packs are just the mommies and the daddies...you know, because the ones who've already survived to adulthood and had offspring are decent enough candidates for the ones you'd want to train others to do same.

There's nothing wrong with alphas. They play a role in society like everyone else. You need all sorts to make a successful society. Alpha males do valuable work in the military, police, fire fighting and in other hard jobs. And, yes, they enjoy combat sports - and many enjoy watching them go at it. All types of people are valid and necessary, even if we don't all get along. Maybe you have to get old to realise this?

If you don't want some alpha male cringe, watch Fresh & Fit podcast. They whine about how their lives are so hard & how women should just let them to whatever they want

Unfortunately, some of what you propose is also more fantasy than reality.

Still think Tate isn't a sexist POS? I agree with everything else you've said on your channel; just curious