Quote: (11-03-2012 04:51 PM)ElJefe Wrote:
To be fair:
Two graduate degrees from Harvard: alpha
I know of plenty of folks with multiple Ivy League degrees, and attend an Ivy League school. I can tell you that this does not automatically equate to "alpha".
Not saying that there aren't legitimate alphas in these environments, just that they're not a majority.
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One of the most ought-after management consultants in his day, ie. top of his food-chain, hierachy, you name it: alpha
So any beta CEO/white collar professional is automatically alpha by virtue of being at the top of his profession?
How often have we presented examples on this forum that illustrate the fallacy of that assumption by showing wealthy betas who fail to get girls and have no game?
They're at the top of their food chain too. Are they "alpha"?
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Amassed a huge fortune even after giving his inheritance away: alpha
So do many of the betas I mentioned above. Is Mark Zuckerberg an "alpha"?
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Let me say that again: I don't think you can call a guy who made several hundred million dollars before he was fifty anything but: alpha.
...so Mark Zuckerberg and the young Bill Gates were "alphas".
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He could be swimming in more pussy than every member in this forum combined.
...assuming he's actually an alpha and not what has been labelled by some a "paper alpha" (wealthy, successful, top-of-the-hill careers but no game/girl skills) like the guys I alluded to above.
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Somehow managed to raise 5 boys, be a religious leader in his local community for 10 years, and get his wife through multiple sclerosis and whatever the other affliction she had: alpha
So any traditional conservative who manages to have many children and pick up a conservative wife is an "alpha"? Even if we know that many of these same men have no game at all (they never learned, never had to)?
Mitt Romney is a highly accomplished individual and I respect that. He's done more than most of us ever will financially and politically.
I'm not going to call him an alpha male, at least not in the sense that the manosphere generally knows that term. There are MANY
highly accomplished beta males out there*, and I haven't seen evidence that Romney isn't one of them.
Granted, I'll concede that being a male cheerleader, though highly questionable, does not necessarily preclude one from being "alpha". I know of at least one individual in my personal life who helps to display this. Maybe he's an exception, but he's there.
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I don't use the term "beta male" in this case as an insult, just a statement of fact.