Psychopathy is not an inherently attractive trait; TRP attempts to simulate the positive aspects of psychopathy through both external and internal game. This is extremely draining to the average man, who has been trained to care for other people; psychopaths only make up one percent of the population in the US. While I can't deny that it might work in certain occasions, attempting to acquire a mental illness is at best a stupid goal and at worst damaging to ones sanity.

Amused Mastery is seen as the final endgame in the red pill philosophy. The lack of outcome dependence is similar to that of a psychopaths lack of emotional empathy. TRP has top posts claiming things such as "I'm the center of my own universe." The psychopath will turn on his best friends and women alike to achieve what they want. While their "no fucks given" attitude is generally refreshing at first, people tend to flock to others that have similar value systems. As the mask of the psychopath goes away, he tends to lose long term friends; in other words, his social stock is initially extremely high, but it drops quickly.

Furthermore, there is a popular study in red pill circles going around linking fear to female arousal. The readers of the paper fail to realize, however, that the circumstances causing the fear were not related to the man himself. This is not conclusive enough to suggest that women should "fear you a little" which is often suggested in Red Pill circles. The psychopath will use fear to manipulate his victims. This is mildly abusive.

Below I'm going to list the criteria used to detect Psychopathy when it was a psychologically accepted term. This checklist can still be applied to ASPD, which is an umbrella term that includes Psychopathy. Under each bullet point I'm going to provide some analysis as to whether and how this applies to TRP philosophy. I will admit (without being an edgelord) I score fairly high on this test. I think it's a generational thing, or at least younger people tend to not have a fully developed brain, which can lead to psychopath-lite behavior. 20 Traits are assigned on a 0-1-2 scale, and a score of 30 is enough to be diagnosed. Most neurotypical people score a 5.

glib and superficial charm

This one is fairly obvious. TRP teaches one that women are like children, and then attempt to get them in bed. Their frequent complaints about women inherently suggest any attempt at wooing them is glib and superficial.

grandiose (exaggeratedly high) estimation of self

Many posts encourage the man to think they "are a prize," which is a significant step up from merely thinking "I am allowed to have standards."

•  need for stimulation

TRP preaches the opposite of contentment in one's sexual life. A normal man would be fine without a harem.

•  pathological lying

TRP encourages lying or implied lies to better oneself through tactics to achieve dread. I've heard the tell of one Redpiller buying women's socks and laying them around his apartment to create the illusion a girl was there the night before. Not to mention the obviously false field reports.

•  cunning and manipulativeness

See above

•  lack of remorse or guilt

TRP encourages one to be selfish via rhetoric of "everyone's looking to fuck you over." This is commonly commonly commonly used language when hearing a psychopath or sociopath speak.

•  shallow affect (superficial emotional responsiveness)

Shit/comfort tests, unwillingness to commit

•  callousness and lack of empathy

Seeing women as children

•  parasitic lifestyle

Taking sex from a woman who wants a romantic relationship

•  poor behavioral controls

Encouragement to "break the beta norms" and stand out.

•  sexual promiscuity

The ideal endgame in trp

•  early behavior problems

I cannot say for most men on trp but anecdotally a lot of them mention a lack of a strong father figure.

•  lack of realistic long-term goals

This one can be seen in the "men age like wine" category. It is not realistic to think that you can still have a harem in your mid 40s.

•  impulsivity

Taking a woman on an "emotional rollercoaster."

•  irresponsibility

Admittedly RedPillers take a lot of responsibility for oneself, but they also tend to blame a lot of their problems on modern society. Many "anger phase" posts suggest lack of responsibility.

•  failure to accept responsibility for own actions

See above

•  many short-term marital relationships

Spinning plates is similar

•  juvenile delinquency

Can't speak to this

•  revocation of conditional release

See above

•  criminal versatility

See above

Now, of course the criminal behavior can't be spoken about, but the last three aren't relevant to the discussion anyhow. But it is worth mentioning that RPers frequently mention hybristophilia as an explanation for why women love criminals. They have an odd fascination with them.

In the checklist, with regards to women and game, TRP encourages men to emulate the vast majority of the behaviors and traits seen in the Hare checklist. Despite being one percent of the general population, psychopaths make up 20 percent of the prison population. The average criminal has a score of 22 on the checklist.

I am not saying these traits don't attract women. I am not saying dabbling in surface level red pill thinking is a bad idea. But mastery of the surface level material leads to material such as the Illimitable male, an RP endorsed contributor, who encourages men to be psychopathic. He is the "dark triad specialist."

Finally, if one disregards societal benefits from not encouraging Psychopathy in the population, it is extremely unhealthy to try to develop a mental illness. These men are encouraged to reroute their ideology to the point where they are the top one percent in such an area. Personalities are not a purely malleable thing, and this will inevitably lead to some failure with regards to being in the top one percent of the population.

This is the male equivalent of a woman who obtains body dismorphia when looking at a supermodel; the male is seeing himself as having an inferior personality.