Privatized Social Credit: Andrew Tate & His 41 Tenets

When Alex Jones and Milo Yiannopoulos were banned from social media, these were marketed as incidents that would only be reserved for rare cases. By the time Megan Murphy was banned from Twitter and Colin Wright removed from PayPal it was clear that a new social credit system had emerged where private corporations got to decide who was allowed to have a voice and which topics were acceptable for discussion. A social credit system can be defined as an infrastructure that gives an entity the ability to examine human profiles and give them ratings to gauge how desirable a set of humans is within a certain context. Based on the aforementioned desirability rating, a human can be blacklisted or whitelisted from activities based on thresholds and criteria set by the Social Credit System.

Although we have seen a government-run version of social credit emerging in China, the West will likely continue taking a more privatized route in implementing social credit. No one is safe, not even sitting American presidents as seen with the banning of Donald Trump - a move that was condemned internationally. Even small accounts like BIPOC Hate Tweets aren’t safe and have fallen victim to coordinated reporting campaigns. The strategy is to divide and conquer; first, controversies are generated using media machines, and the target is then de-platformed using the aforementioned controversies as reasoning. This is privatized social credit. One of the more notable recent examples of a privatized social credit system exercising its collective power has been the exorcism of Andrew Tate from all mainstream social media platforms. First, some background.

Andrew Tate, pictured above, is a former world champion kickboxer and son of a professional chess player, Emory Tate. Tate’s popularity skyrocketed over the summer of 2022 with Google searches of him briefly surpassing both Joe Biden and Donald Trump in mid-August as shown below.

Tate’s message was primarily spread in regions of the '“Manosphere” and focused on steps men can take to improve their lives, along with criticisms of feminist ideology. Controversy found Tate when an old video that appeared to show him beating a woman surfaced online. The woman in the video later clarified the actions in the prior video were consensual:

"I just wanted to let you know that this has all been a huge misunderstanding. I heard he got kicked out of the house because of it, which I find really unfair because it really was just pure game. That's what we used to do."

Regardless, Andrew Tate soon found himself banned from every major social media platform ranging from TikTok to YouTube and on Meta’s various social media platform offerings like Instagram and Facebook. In addition to social media, Andrew Tate has lost access to banks, Uber, Airbnb, and payment processors like Stripe. While social media bans are still authoritarian in nature, they make it clear that the objective is to silence an individual in order to stem the spread of a message; banning Tate from platforms like Uber and Airbnb does not serve the aforementioned purpose and seems more vindictive in its execution.

After his banning, Andrew Tate posted a video explaining events from his perspective. H provides context on some of the allegations that had been made against him, and he is now rebuilding his audience on Rumble. No matter how you may feel about Tate specifically, take a moment to imagine this: you wake up one day to find yourself locked out of social media, banks, payment processors, and other basic services. If rich and powerful figures like Tate are susceptible to being de-platformed by a privatized social credit system, what’s protecting the average individual? With this portion of the article concluded, ponder that final thought.

Without going into too much further op-ed analysis on his beliefs, we will simply share 41 tenets Andrew Tate outlined as embodying his core values in a video for readers to digest and formulate their own conclusions on Tate’s message.

Appendix: 41 Tenets of Tateism

1. I believe that men have the divine imperative to become as capable, powerful, and competent as possible in this life.

2. I reserve the right to hold my own beliefs and practice them as I see fit. And I allow all other people the same right to believe and act as they wish.

3. I prefer loving rewarding consensual relationships with beautiful, positive, and virtuous women.

4. I believe men and women are different, and that each has their own unique and important strengths and abilities.

5. I believe men have the sacred duty to protect and provide for the important people in their lives.

6. I believe men have the sacred duty to protect the innocence and sanctity of their children and reserve the right and responsibility to raise their children, as they see best to ensure their long-term happiness and success.

7. I believe that men have the sacred duty to raise strong, capable, and honorable sons.

8. I believe that men have the sacred duty to raise kind, feminine, and virtuous daughters.

9. I utterly disprove of violence within romantic or familiar relationships.

10. I support good and honest governments. And I will obey only their laws.

11. I prefer to only conduct business dealing with trusted and vetted brothers

12. I believe that a man has the sacred duty to hold true to his word and do exactly what he says he will do.

13. I believe that a man’s life is difficult, and he has the sacred duty to become strong to handle such difficulty.

14. I believe men are personally responsible for their actions and for the results they achieve in their lives.

15. I believe in emotional control and the vital need to become disciplined and professional in all things.

16. I believe men have the sacred duty to approach everything in life from a position of strength.

17. I believe that all men have the sacred duty to become men of upright and virtuous character. And live above all possible reproach.

18. I believe it is incumbent upon me to ruthlessly identify my own weaknesses and limitations and eagerly work to overcome them and become more capable in all realms.

19. I seek to improve my personal freedom to think, act, and live true to my masculine imperative in all ways.

20. I believe each man has a sacred duty to mold his physical body into the strongest, more resilient, and most capable version of itself possible.

21. I believe that men have the sacred duty to rigorously train themselves both physically and mentally every day.

22. I believe that I have a sacred duty to only eat the highest quality foods possible to maintain my health, vitality, and masculine virality.

23. I reserve the right to protect the sanctity of my bloodstream. And make my own decisions about my own medical care and procedures.

24. I affirm the importance of endlessly improving my mental facilities through diligent work, study, and practice.

25. I believe in acquiring wealth and abundance in order to improve my life and do good for those I care about.

26. I believe in the merit of healthy competition and constantly encouraging all men to seek out competition to improve themselves.

27. I believe that masculine brotherhood is essential to men’s mental health, happiness, and success. And I relentlessly encourage men to meet together, train together, and work together.

28. I maintain the trust of my brothers through reverent silence regarding our most sacred and shared experiences.

29. I believe in honoring my ancestors and living in a way that will make them most proud of me today.

30. I reserve the right to administer difficult rights of passage for our young men to allow them to earn the rank of manhood.

31. I affirm the importance and need of travel and adventure as men.

32. I seek to help men overcome poor mental health through embracing hard work, physical improvements, and shared masculine brotherhood.

33. I reserve the right to make the best choices I can at the time to protect my self-respect and mental health.

34. I do good in the world and seek to help those less fortunate than myself.

35. I believe all men have the responsibility to lead and guide those they care for to greater help prosperity and happiness.

36. I choose to only interact with those who are respectful and civil in return for my own respect and civility.

37. I reserve the freedom to speak and refer to others as I believe is best and most truthful.

38. I reserve the right to choose my company and include only those whom I believe are best for my help, happiness, and success.

39. I believe I have an imperative to only spend my time in a way that I determine as beneficial, uplifting, and empowering to myself and others.

40. I choose to only allow myself to be influenced by those who I believe have my best interest in mind.

41. Each day I dedicate myself anew to create the greatest possible positive impact on the world and do the work necessary to achieve a greater masculine excellence across all realms of human behavior.