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Andrew Tate seems like an archetype that is comming back. In the 400s there were was an abundance of Andrew Tates, strong men with a proclivity for fighting and short term hedonism. Men who didn't really care all that much about their society but wanted to go out with a bang while on a major bender through all of Europe. Andrew Tate is the modern day Vandal. The fact that he was the most googled man implies that he struck a chord with young men. Young men aren't going to be given status, money or women, they have to figure out a way to get.
Mexican drug cartels could very well gain popularity north of the boarder by offering the narco lifestyle as a modern equivelent to joining a viking horde. Piracy and mercenary work have been popular historic alternatives.
I don't see how this is going to end in any other way than loser men being organized by some men in the middle who see it as a high risk strategy to reaching the top.
People keep saying things like this. But the men of the past who went to go wage jihad or kill Persians for women are not the obese, neurotic, more socially anxious types today far more likely to fall into the unsuccessful bucket.
Not the sort to work with or be wanted at all by literal mafia. There's a reason criminal organizations discriminate racially and otherwise even when you'd think they're closing off options: due to basically being defacto under siege it matters way more how sturdy an employee is.
I'm sure many boys and men will absorb Tate-like oppositional/sociopathic behaviors but the mujahideen will be few and far between. Groups of frustrated young men will be Proud Boys-tier or below.
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