From what I observed of the Fall 2021 FNG Cohorts still in "quarantine" (not yet full members, with limited Wickr/forum access), this is the majority. Some are newly red-pilled younger guys looking for answers and/or mentors, but most are older guys trying to break away from the "ideological" isolation of the woke corporate world and just want a place to network/vent/rant, or, are suffering or in a bad mental space and looking for healing and support from a group of men/buddies because they can't find support for men specifically in mainstream therapeutic/healthcare circles. IMO, most of these men feel like the modern socio/political/workplace climate and culture wars are painting them in a corner, and they are just looking for a relief from the crazy - that was my reason anyways.
I joined in early December without knowing much about Jack, like a ton of other guys. And like a ton of other guys, I immediately saw red flags and questioned his behavior on the YAH podcast as being out of whack with what he was promoting. Then, I started paying more attention and questioned my membership after reading the kuk articles, and finally said fuck this shit when the porn/dildo pics and vids came out - It's one thing to be freaky in the bedroom and want to broadcast it, but it's another story when you pretend having the opposite norms and values in order to lure people into paying for access to an exclusive network. Plus I'm all out of cognitive dissonance from the last two years of flattening the curve.
On one hand, even though he probably won't reimburse me and the 200+ cancelled memberships, I want to thank you guys for exposing this grift, and, on a personal level, for saving me from wasting a bunch of time/effort towards "graduating". But to be honest, I'm sad about missing out on something I had so much hope in - if you strip away the fake-ass Jack Murphy persona, the crazy fees, and the sus secret society imagery/on-boarding crap, I felt it had a lot of potential. Then again, maybe I'm seeing it from a naive fucking new guy perspective, and would think differently once inside, i.e.; even more foolish to have paid so much time, effort, and money into it.