When I was 11 I was subscribed to Steven crowder because of the engagement bait he used to pull… now I am quite different. I think I turned out fine though. More issues stemmed from lack of social development and sport participation. I wouldn’t say it “ruins” an entire generation. Honestly kids shouldn’t be default subscribing to ideas without at least a conception of the ability to challenge those ideas first. My next door neighbor’s boys are subscribed to the manosphere stuff on YouTube too. Parents honestly need to step in and at least ask their kids who they are listening to on a daily basis in a supportive way
With the rapid rise of the alt-right fueled by people like these streamers spreading and normalising this, I would say this has certainly ruined a large portion of young men and enabled the sort of open acceptable bigotry we live in today.
It’s better if they weren’t broadcasting these ideas, but there honestly needs to be a certain amount of participation by the parents. I’ll admit that this content isn’t good at all but it’s almost inevitable given the world’s political climate and the fact that most of what they’re saying isn’t outright violating platforms’ TOS. Giving a child with a very underdeveloped brain unrestricted internet access is… admittedly not a great move by a parent, that’s what happened to me anyways, and even though I was unscathed it is something I experienced first hand, now that I am old enough to recognize it.
When I was 11 I was subscribed to Steven crowder because of the engagement bait he used to pull… now I am quite different. I think I turned out fine though. More issues stemmed from lack of social development and sport participation. I wouldn’t say it “ruins” an entire generation. Honestly kids shouldn’t be default subscribing to ideas without at least a conception of the ability to challenge those ideas first. My next door neighbor’s boys are subscribed to the manosphere stuff on YouTube too. Parents honestly need to step in and at least ask their kids who they are listening to on a daily basis in a supportive way
With the rapid rise of the alt-right fueled by people like these streamers spreading and normalising this, I would say this has certainly ruined a large portion of young men and enabled the sort of open acceptable bigotry we live in today.
It’s better if they weren’t broadcasting these ideas, but there honestly needs to be a certain amount of participation by the parents. I’ll admit that this content isn’t good at all but it’s almost inevitable given the world’s political climate and the fact that most of what they’re saying isn’t outright violating platforms’ TOS. Giving a child with a very underdeveloped brain unrestricted internet access is… admittedly not a great move by a parent, that’s what happened to me anyways, and even though I was unscathed it is something I experienced first hand, now that I am old enough to recognize it.