People willing to run this so called 'game' and manipulate others for their own egotistical validation and a fleeting sense of winning with no regard for the fallout are best suited for modern dating.

Without a check on hypergamy, this is it's default. I hate to rag on women (low hanging at this point but necessary), but the fact is many if not most women don't give a shit about anyone they only care that people THINK they care about others. Many tik toks validate this, but it will never be admitted overtly.

Only a minority of men at the top find themselves with this privilege and the majority are born losers that have to work for decades to qualify for anything other than the modern, entitled obese female.

So just manipulate and use people for all you can that's the MO in an unregulated market like today. This is the most rewarding strategy today.