For others, his belated comeuppance is insufficient, and does nothing to address the toxicity of teenage (particularly white) male online culture.
And on and on.įor many, PewDiePie's downfall will probably feel gratifying: yes, there are limits to how far this sort of behavior can progress. The kids are not alright-they're flocking to their computers to share Pepe the frog memes and tell jokes about sending Jewish writers to the gas chambers. It's an easy, even obvious, storyline for this season of Life as We Know It Right Now, given increasing awareness of the alt-right movement and its penchant for overt pro-Nazi displays. PewDiePie, the biggest Youtube star you've probably never heard of (especially if you're older than 30), just lost his Disney contract-a source of millions of dollars in revenue-over allegations of anti-Semitism.
