What I took away from it, and I think it ties into many other discussions here:
Alpha is natural. You can puff up your chest all you want, talk loudly, be aggressive, etc. but when confronted by a natural alpha, you'll drop like a sack of potatoes. You're either born with it, or you're not. Such is nature.
The truth is that many can't achieve alpha status because the laws of nature provide for a hierarchical balance and an innate, subconscious sense of social structure and order. Notice the beta apes - they try acting alpha by feigning large size and by acting aggressive, and by snatching females only in the right circumstances. The second a true alpha comes along, they're right back to where they started.
I see the "red pill within the red pill" as being the realization that not everyone can be an alpha, no matter how hard someone may try. You can learn game, style, confidence, posture, etc., but as Quintus Curtius (
http://www.returnofkings.com/19460/every...king-point) implies, only reaching the true breaking point of human endurance reveals what kind of man you are.
Feigning alpha behavior will get you laid, make you respected, and advance your career. But it does not make you an alpha.