There's a particular trend towards these kind of shows now though, which makes it harder for them to stand out. Not saying it's impossible, but "a pretty good comedy about a stand-up's life" is a lot less interesting now than it was ~6 years ago.

We don't know for sure if they had a say. But even if they did, the punchline is still apparently "wow poor starving kids will do stupid shit for money", which is a very entitled point of view.

If his satirical point was that companies like Fiverr are evil, then I'd say that Fiverr should be on the receiving end of the joke. Instead, they're not mentioned at all and we're supposed to laugh at the kids who are apparently holding up a sign and they're idiots because they want money I guess…?

From what I've seen most of the articles criticizing him didn't necessarily suggest he is a neo-Nazi but argued that his content could potentially drum up support amongst neo-Nazi supporters, who have already been fueled by Trump and have contributed to a growing rise of antisemitism. I think that's a fair and…

I'm aware of the context and I still think it was awful. Thanks though!

I didn't take it at face value, but I think it's a dumb fucking point, and doesn't make the video any better to be. If you think that paying people to do offensive shit is the ultimate way to comment on how terrible it is to pay people for doing offensive shit, then you're pretty bad at satire.

It's hilarious to call his critics "entitled." You do realize that he's a multi-millionaire who threw money at poor kids to hold up an offensive sign right? That's the definition of "entitled."

Okay, so what PewDiePie fan site linked to this article?

Burr's joke wasn't really offensive to me. It acknowledges the awfulness of both Hitler and Stalin without minimizing either. It doesn't advocate for genocide, or exploit poor people.

Yeah I get that the YouTube fanbase is primarily very young and maybe overly defensive, but what I don't love is when other, older YouTubers who should know better (and are smart in other situations) jump on the train because they're too afraid of losing fans or subscribers by going against the popular vloggers. When…

Can you link me to sources that are outright calling him a nazi? Because I haven't seen any.

ugh Phillip DeFranco

Yeah he's really awful, but he also is extremely popular for some inscrutable-to-me reason.

The company is obviously at fault too but PewDiePie is the famous face of his own content and (as far as I know) has complete creative control over it, so why would he not get the bulk of the blame?

Sure, but then how is PewDiePie not also at fault? Is your argument "PewDiePie shouldn't have been allowed to do that anyway so it's not his fault?".

I actually think a lot of these people aren't even Trump voters (there are a lot of left-leaning "woke" YouTubers who have come to his defense). But people who love their YouTube stars REALLY love their YouTube stars.

No but you see it wasn't offensive because he didn't MEAN to offend anyone when he exploited poor kids to hold up a sign promoting genocide!!!!!!

Yeah I honestly find the "hahaha look at these idiot poor kids being paid to do this" angle to be almost as offensive as the sign itself. The entire thing is just gross. There's no defending it IMO.

There are definitely instances where the entire YouTube community mobilizes against an obviously offensive person (the girl who made the Dear Fat People video was another one) but it seems like people are afraid to go against the grain, which has created kind of a troubling monoculture.

So you admit he did offensive things. Why shouldn't he be called out on for those offensive things?