Hustler’s university The greatest thing on the planet for people trying to avoid it matrix, I’ll show you how,” says Andrew TateThe world’s most expensive car is parked near the Bugatti Veyron.
“It makes it impossible not to make money,” says a recent graduate. “When you are surrounded by millionaires money flows into your bank account”.
“After all you’re in the right place at the right time. You’re the only person who can make this work. And you’re also the only person who can f*ck it up”, says Tate, pointing to the camera.
I stopped the video. I had Enroll in Online Business Courses founded by controversial Influencer accused of human trafficking and rape,
For those unaware, Andrew Tate is A former kickboxer, reality TV contestant and social media influencerRWhich has gained notoriety for spreading misogynistic views over the years.
Originally called Hustler University, his online course is sold as an “academy” where members pay a monthly membership fee in exchange for advice on how to make passive income from a number of online industries.
The course was briefly closed after Hustler University 2.0, then 3.0, and then Tate’s social media ban. It has since been relaunched as “The Real World”.
When you enter the site you get the slogan “Join Us. collect money Escape from slavery After clicking, you are asked to enter your bank details and to “escape slavery” for £40 a month.
Users are given a choice of online courses including cryptocurrency, e-commerce and drop shipping for Amazon – where you earn money by acting as an intermediary between buyers and sellers without selling actual products.
A luxury vehicle that was seized in a case against media influencer Andrew Tate is towed on the outskirts of Bucharest, Romania
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The idea is that course members will learn to make money through a side hustle or passive income where you can avoid working a nine to five – or as Andrew Tate puts it, “escape the matrix”.
Tate often refers to the world of The Matrix, the alternate, simulated reality of the Keanu Reeves film where computers control people through an intricate web of lies.
There is also the option of “freelancing” courses, where you are encouraged to create a fake TikTok account and post videos of Tet.
In return, these videos ask viewers to join “The Real World” with a small percentage of the course fee paid for successful signup.
Newly enrolled members of the course repeat this process.
despite being arrested for sex trafficking And being banned from many social media platforms, Tate’s misguided views continue to circulate – just a scroll away from anyone with a smartphone.
The “real world” is run through the online instant messaging platform Discord, which has multiple channels where course members talk to each other about making money or their ‘big wins’.
A member claimed that he has over 1,000 fake Tate Tiktok accounts. Another said he had been posting videos of Tate on Instagram for months without much success, until one of his videos finally went viral and a viewer logged into the course using his affiliate link.
He posted his first “big win” to the Discord channel, as other members praised his achievement. “Thanks guys, we’re all going to make it,” he wrote. “I remember yesterday that I will never be like those people who get the idea”.
This first big win? $11.
Police officers in Bucharest, Romania, lead Andrew Tate outside the Directorate for the Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT), where prosecutors examine electronic equipment seized during the investigation of his case.
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If the claims of 200,000 paid users of the course are true, then at £40 a month it would net the Tate around £96m a year.
Members are encouraged to keep their identities secret, so they address each other as “G”. Tate himself is referred to as “Top G”.
At its center, Tet’s cult is governed by his “41 Principles for Men” – a set of laws that are a framework for “any man to lead a beneficial life”.
The principles include the belief that “men have a sacred duty to raise strong, capable and honorable sons”, while there is a “sacred duty to raise kind, feminine and virtuous daughters”.
Other theories make vague claims about freedom of speech, honoring one’s ancestors, and protecting the purity of one’s blood. Such dog whistles have inevitably attracted members from far and wide to the course.
On a message board where members ask Tet questions, a member asked: “When they kill you, do you want us to riot to attack the Matrix and break it? Or do you have some other plan?” what if they kill you?”
Another posted “We soldiers need to help reinforce each other when our commanders return”, in reference to Tet’s imprisonment in Romania.
A man stands outside the Court of Appeal during the trial of the Tate brothers
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Another devotee continues, “Tate, first of all you are risking your life to fight the good fight against tyranny and we are all grateful to you for the opportunity you are giving us.
“I recently became so obsessed with the money, the Matrix, everyone responsible for it, and all the puppets involved, that I went into a self-induced psychosis and spent almost a week in the hospital.”
There is a hodge-podge of misogyny, supremacism and conspiracy theory on the fringes of the so-called real world – where members feel that she is the arbiter of truth who stands against “the Matrix”.
However, it appears that many members are not trying to overthrow the world order, but are merely looking for a way to make money.
Some ask Tate how to make enough to cover medical bills, how to make their rent, or what they can do about their feelings of loneliness and depression.
Wrongly or not, in the toughest economic times in recent memory, supporters are pinning their hopes on their savior Tate to help them out, and the desperation is palpable.
“Hey Top Ji,” asks a Real World user. “I live paycheck to paycheck on my parents’ low wages and I’m just sick of it all.
“I don’t want to live my life like this and I want to give back to my parents for their sacrifices and to my siblings.”