r/exredpill • u/ComplexIndividualUK • Aug 05 '25
Why did you leave the red pill?
I’d never labelled myself a red piller but I was addicted to being exposed to the red pill content just for cheap dopamine. Some red pillars had good takes but I don’t see that as necessarily a red pilled ideology but more common sense.
What made lead to detached myself from the red pill movement is promoting burnout culture. They push the narrative that being poor is always a personal failure, ignoring systemic issues like wage stagnation, rising living costs, and economic inequality. Their whole persona is built around punching down, making them feel superior while farming attention from both supporters and haters. And when they get backlash, they play the victim, acting like they're hated just for being rich, rather than for being obnoxious and demeaning. Andrew Tate is prime example; he often post videos moaning about people for judging him when he judges everyone else and call them “brokies”.
It’s also common for red pillers go obsessively attack peoples for playing video games, even if it’s 1 hour a day. So yeah, what made you leave the red pill?
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u/gttingbettrevrday Aug 08 '25
Because it was affecting my mental health, self-esteem, and making me afraid to take emotional risk like expressing attraction and talking to women, thus unable to grow and build the type of relationships I wanted to build. I just became lonelier while watching other people enjoy their relationships. And also realizing that what I read and watched online didn't match what I observed in real life. I'm still affected by a lot of it, and work to reverse it's effects.