At the height of my redpill time, I could easily have symphasized with him and thought of him to be a great alpha male who knows how to play the game. I still wasn't so out of my mind that I would attemt to do the same thing as him, but he might have had an influence on me.

And what I now see is that this is the lifestyle that TRP advocate for, not swindling, but having lots of women, partying 24/7 and amassing great wealth. And Simon Leviev seems like a good candidate for TRP. He might even have lurked there before.