people really think don draper is some giga-chad role model when the entire point of mad men is that he’s a hollowed-out man child larping as an alpha. The man threw a tantrum when his secretary wife wouldn’t eat ice cream for fuck sake.
dude’s whole identity is stolen, his “confidence” is just repression + alcohol, and every time he wins it costs him literally everything meaningful in his life (wife, kids, reputation, friends). it’s not “wow he smokes, drinks, cheats = “based masculinity” it’s “this guy is a fucking loser desperately trying to prove to himself and others that he is not weak and degenerate” if you think he’s the way a man should be you are literally doing what he does. Buying into fake consumer bullshit