Did the Matrix kidnap Top G? Or is Andrew Tate the Matrix himself, now unplugged and shorting out in a Romanian jail? While his self-confessed crimes against women come home to roost, the online  spectacle his arrest has generated provides a litmus test for just how fast the cognitive dissonance of culture war chaos can plummet. Welcome to the broader “Tate crime”: a spectacle of acute reality-reversal, fuelled by reactionary politics and driven by a cultic network of devotees and SEO managers, where culture war punditry is funded by bogus self-help courses and online pornography. Show NotesThe PHD Program (“Pimping Hos Degree)Andrew Tate said he broke a woman's jaw and that his business was a 'scam' ahead of Romanian chargesTate admits to statutory rapePart One: Andrew Tate, and the Mythopoetic Men's Movement - Behind the Bastards | iHeartThe Dangerous Rise of Andrew Tate "From Pick-Up Artists to Incels: Con(fidence) Games, Networked Misogyny, and the Failure of Neoliberalism"A Coordinated Group Of 4,500 Bots Tweeted In Support Of Andrew TateTeachers Warn That Misogynist Andrew Tate Has 'Radicalized' School-Age Boys-- -- --Support us on PatreonPre-order Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Health Threat: America | Canada Follow us on Instagram | Twitter: Derek | Matthew | JulianOriginal music by EarthRise SoundSystem