Is The Bachelorette's Villain Chad a Satire of Douchebaggery?

On Monday's The Bachelorette, a villain emerged, one who dominated the entire episode with his obnoxious behavior and appetite for meat:

Chad Johnson, a 28-year-old luxury real estate salesman and former Marine from Tulsa, Okla.

While the other guys profess their love, he hangs back and says he doesn't know JoJo well enough to know if he wants to be with her.

Unfortunately, that strategy works in the real world sometimes, but it's not going to work on The Bachelorette, a show entirely designed to make its star --

Uprooting his life and going on TV is a huge commitment for someone who claims to be too busy to date and isn't even that into the person he's trying to date.

The 8 most awkward moments of The Bachelorette Episode 2 The other less likely but more interesting possibility is that he's a high-level troll or a character satirizing violent American machismo from the inside.

The constant references to protein powder, the relentless aggression, the posturing about what it means to be a "real man."

[...] what, exactly, is he satirizing? A macho, hyper-aggressive alpha male who says whatever he's thinking, insults his opponents and has the entitled belief that everything is his for the taking?