In 2022, Andrew Tate was the most googled person in the United States. He had managed to build a massive following online—especially among young men and on the far-right—with a potent mix of cultural criticism, self-help bravado, and the sort of unvarnished misogyny that is rare even among misogynists. Then, in December, he was arrested in Romania on se…
Embracing Islam to Own the Libs

Andrew Tate holds up a Quran outside a court in Romania, where he is being detained as part of a human trafficking and rape investigation. (Photo via Twitter)
Andrew Tate and the rise of the political convert.
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