Red Pill is ultimately predicated on the idea that, "Nice guys finish last." When people say this, what they mean is that being "nice" is an avenue to failure both in romance, and in life generally. This implies that if you want to be successful, you must abandon "nice" traits. In practice this means abandoning kindness, generosity, and empathy for others, solely for the purpose of personal advancement. This is inherently psychopathic, and it's the foundation of Red Pill ideology. The worldview of those who adhere to Red Pill, is one in which goodness must be abandoned for purely selfish reasons.

The corollary to "Nice guys finish last," is the idea that women aren't required to abandon goodness to succeed. A woman can be kind and generous and empathetic, without losing her ability to succeed romantically. This is why Red Pill holds women to such impossible standards. If a woman ISN'T a paragon of virtue, that means she is renouncing a very special privilege which men supposedly aren't allowed to have. Therefore, any woman who isn't a paragon of virtue, is an actively awful person who shouldn't be respected. You see, when a man behaves badly, it's because "Nice guys finish last," but when a woman behaves badly, it's solely because she's an awful person. This is why it's okay for men to behave like sociopaths, and it's wrong for women to behave the same way. Men should manipulate women; women shouldn't manipulate men.

The dark triad is a series of traits that Red Pill associates with masculine romantic success. These traits are Machiavellianism, Psychopathy, and Narcissism. The dark triad is presented by Red Pill as something to learn from, and as practically applicable to romantic life. The dark triad is seen as a tool to be used to increase your romantic success as a male. There really isn't much to say here, except that Red Pill's familiarity with the dark triad is utterly repugnant (unless you view being a good person in a negative light, as Red Pill not-so-subtly teaches you to do).

Being a good human being (caring, generous, empathetic, and kind) is anathema to Red Pill, because Red Pill is fundamentally psychopathic. Everything Red Pill teaches you to do, is SOLELY for your own benefit, at the direct expense of others. I know that some of you who adhere to Red Pill ideology will say, "The psychopathy of Red Pill is necessary for my personal advancement," and to that I say, "Even if that's true, why would you use tactics that are predicated on harming those around you?" Maybe I'm just a weakling, but I would rather fail romantically and be a positive influence on those around me, than succeed romantically and be a negative influence on those around me.