He sits on a large comfortable bed and speaks harshly and loudly without taking his eyes off the camera. In well-trained hands, he holds a machete. “If a girl comes and asks why you cheated on her, then bam, you stab her with a knifeboom, you hit her in the head and grab her by the throat. Shut up…

He’s not just a random half-breed. He Andrew Tatethe person who is currently number 1 in tik takeven without having an account on the platform. In July of this year, she surpassed Donald Trump and Kim Kardashian in Google search terms.

@drssrawat Toxic masculinity must be destroyed ✨ #andrewtatemotivation #andrewtateinspiration #andrewtateteaches #andrewtateedits #andrewtatecourses #andrewtatememes #tate #tatespeech #roevwade ♬ Action Music (Powerful Epic) – PhillipMusic

His Instagram account follows the classic recipe of every wannabe and non-influencer: beefy arms, fast cars, relaxing in exotic places, villas and planes, cigars and gunssometimes ethereal presences.

Is what he says which made him famous in the last months, when hundreds of thousands of boys and young men preached his views. Among them that women are the property of menthat rape victims should take responsibility and that the best women are those between 18 and 19 because “it’s easy to leave your mark on them”.

Of course, the 35-year-old ex-boxing champion does not limit himself in this, as he has a “sprayed” views on everything scientific. In his video you can see that coronavirus is a scam or that thanks to the fame he’s gained, he’s now… a trillionaire, while he doesn’t hesitate to open controversies with other celebrities on social media.

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However, the predominant misogynistcombined with “sophistry” about what the right men should do and how to succeed through it bustle (=when you work smart and a little to make a lot of easy money).

to me $49 per monthin fact, one can learn first hand in the so-called Hustler University as Tate “defies and demands absolute loyalty from his wife”. Curriculum… “rich”: from courses to earning up to $10,000 per month with investing in cryptotips on how to “not be a whiner,” tips on the perfect fan-to-hater ratio to become famous.

Members of Hustler’s University reach 127 000 and it’s mostly about men and boys over 13 years old from the UK and USA.

How TikTok became a breeding ground for misogyny

Andrew Tate’s TikTok videos are estimated to have a total of 11.6 billion views. In August alone, the views of his videos exceeded one billion.

The interest in this whole affair lies in the fact that he himself he doesn’t even have an account on TikTok. Most of his videos are footage from old interviews, talks on the streaming platform Twitch, or lectures at his “university”.

His followers followers and the evangelists of his extremist and xenophobic philosophy took up the “dirty work”.

Coordinated action, many different accounts with Tate fans upload TikTok using an algorithm social networks. You see, even if you’re just watching a video on TikTok – let alone liking or sharing – the platform shows it to other users with similar interests or experiences.

Of course, the platform itself is also to blame. Despite, regulations TikTok they should ban misogyny or double billing, social networks themselves do little to curb their extreme rhetoric.

Surely this Tate “sells”. The proof is the fact that another social network, Twitterapparently he broke his own rules on the 35-year-old: Although he blocked all three of his accounts in 2017 due to racist comments, this year he restored one of them.

Who is Andrew Tate?

Half British, half American, Emory Andrew Tate III grew up in rich family in Luton. His father is a famous African-American chess player, and his mother worked in the catering industry.

From the age of 20 to 30, he excelled at kickboxing at a professional level, even winning two world titles. At the same time, he made a foray into telephone sales.

In 2016, he became famous for participating in the British Big Brotherfrom which he was brutally kicked out within a week. The reason was that a video leaked to the network in which Tate beats a woman with a belt. He claimed that it was just a game during lovemaking.

Since then, he has spent some time in obscurity, from which he emerged from time to time because of someone. sexist, racist or homophobic comment in social networks. One comment followed another, and one reaction followed another. So, slowly and in spite of the reaction, the views of the former boxer found fertile ground in alt-right lovers.

In addition to this, Tate appeared on his podcast. Alex Jonesmet with Donald Trump Jr.hung out with a Brexit activist Nigel Farage and took pictures or chatted with other, lesser-known far-right figures.

Of course, the young man was not distinguished by “prudence” in relation to women either: some openly accused him of violent behaviorhowever, he was not formally charged.

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When at some point British authorities launched an investigation against him, Andrew and his brother Tristan moved into Romania where they have been living for the past few years. “I’m taking my time, but I like the idea of ​​doing what I want,” he said, while admitting that the investigation against him was one of the reasons he moved.

However, legal troubles followed him to Romania. In April this year, authorities raided the mansion of two brothers after complaints that they were forcibly detaining a 21-year-old American woman there. Now they collide allegations of human trafficking and rape.

In between, of course, Andrew Tate and his extreme rhetoric happened global viral.