Was Andrew Tate actually wealthy or was he a billionaire funded psyop?

He is a guy who got rich by tricking girls into becoming models and flying them to his home before OnlyFans existed. They do the work while he takes their money. After years of doing this, he launched an online course that teaches basic get-rich-quick methods, which are already available online, like dropshipping. He put it behind a paywall and attracted a lot of people to give him money by becoming famous online for saying hateful things that kids think are cool. I remember teachers mentioning that kids in their classes were calling girls “bitches” and copying Tate.

He gained popularity because of TikTok and its format. The shorter videos where he spouts a lot of nonsense, combined with male loneliness and the sentiment that society is failing hardworking people, resonate with many. He provides a superficial answer to their frustrations.

He doesn’t upload to TikTok himself; instead, he allows everyone to make videos from whatever he says in podcasts and other videos he has made. They clip these and upload thousands of versions of him saying his nonsense, and the algorithm pushes it to a wide audience.