tl;dr lots of things about TRP make evolutionary sense, but the situation seems to be a bit more complicated than "alpha fucks beta bucks".

Alphas fuck women and betas buck up. Right? This is evolution, pure and simple. Women go for guys who are aggressive and get what they want. They seek promiscuous alphas and are disgusted by beta providers. Right? As such, we should all seek to be alpha in our behavior. For, even though there may be a genetic component to the behavior, we can improve. This is just like how even though there is a genetic component to the amount of muscle mass we naturally develop, time in the gym will get us bigger and stronger nonetheless.

Here's my problem though:

  1. beta behavior is the norm. It persists in the population, and is in fact the most common way of being. This implies that betas fucked women (frequently) and produced offspring with similar beta traits. It implies it's a viable sexual strategy. And thus it implies that being genuinely sexually attracted to a beta on a visceral level would also be a good sexual mating strategy for a female. So I don't see why everyone here insists AWALT. Surely many women just want what we would call a "beta".
  2. We equate beta with provider. The thing is, in the scary jungle, being able to provide is pretty fucking alpha. Granted, nowadays a pasty nerd can get a tech job and make cash. But if we are talking about evolution, being able to provide and protect implied having a lot of alpha traits.
  3. Women who keep betas around while fucking an alpha will have to also fuck their beta provider. After all, getting cuckolded is a sure fire way to not pass on your genes. And there's no way a trait that results in getting cuckolded would persist in the population. It's just simple natural selection. So men would evolve to be vigilant. Not getting fucked by your woman is a strong signal that you're getting cuckolded. But now tell me: why would a woman risk wasting an egg on a retard with no social skills that allow him to sense he's getting cuckolded? And yet, apparently she does in order to keep her beta provider around. Because if she wasn't, surely his basic vigilance skills would kick in. And if they didn't, he and his odd behavior would be long gone from the gene pool very quickly. You'd see beta behavior essentially disappear. And yet, it's everywhere. To sum up this complicated point: why would a woman fuck a guy whose genes are so pathetic that he can allow himself to get cuckolded? It is a huge risk of wasting a finite egg on the worst kind of man. But this is apparently what a woman would have to do in order to cuckold a guy. It's like a paradox.
  4. Humans are biological organisms. Beta is just a mating strategy among many. Clearly it works because betas are everywhere. Alpha works too. Both these traits persist in the population because they work. Multiple kinds of strategies can exist together in a kind of dynamic equilibrium that goes through cycles over time. This in turn suggests that women are pretty complicated with what they seek in a mate. Moreover, humans have evolutionary baggage from bygone years when we were reptiles, early mammals etc... To think that some simple principle underlies mating strategy is very naive. We are always in a flux and our behavior is mediated by ancient neuronal structures that evolved to serve different purposes in different context, as well as fresher structures adapting to the current environment. Who knows what women really want?
  5. What's wrong with being beta? It's only a problem if it never works or if it makes you unhappy. Granted, bring a supplicating little mangina with no guts is not a fulfilling way to live. But why is being some dark triad alpha the only other option? It doesn't have to be black and white. Maybe you guys are loose with the term "alpha" and allow it to mean any kind of self-idealizing level of confidence (which I believe we should all strive for). But if so, you don't need to go around spinning plates, playing dread game all the time, and consciously trying to maintain "frame" (as if this is what guys who get laid a lot even do!). If you have serially monogamous relationships with women who tend towards being attracted to "betas", what of it? Don't try to be what you're not. Serial beta monogamy, where you aren't stressed out by your woman, is a mating strategy that works. And if that feels comfortable to you, then who cares?

That said, I see a LOT of truth in TRP. Modern day feminism is a joke. Women aren't attracted to nervous and weak guys. Physical attractiveness, muscles, dominance etc... matters. Women have a strong incentive to lie about what they want and shit test guys. I just see some problems with the alpha-beta distinction. That's all.