
but I’d argue Phil is the biggest capitalist mark on the entire internet. The main reason I say this is because he is fucking constantly hyping heavily marketed bullshit on a daily basis, including fast food “limited time” specials, or licensing crossovers. If a video game released Ghostbusters skins for $100, the money would practically vanish from his bank account immediately. If he has gripes with the system it’s the result of his own mismanagement of money, not the system itself.
This is also why you hear him bitch so much about “filthy rich” people, but also thinks burning $100 means practically nothing.
Phil is nigger rich, which in and of itself is fine (apart from the obvious; I’d use “trailer trash money” but he ain’t that, and he ain’t hood rich, it’s fucking bizarre) as long as you’re not snooty and/or you can’t keep your yap shut in polite company but he’s also
a) retarded
b) as you said, easily-marketed to (smooth-brained, NPC, capitalist sheep, let your psychotic political alignment be your guide),
c) just a fucking curmudgeon who knows his audience will pay for the slop he devours, creates and excretes like a shit-Ouroboros, and
d) retarded, it beared repeating
He will go out of his way to buy what he thinks (read: is told) is flash, install it like the absolute Polack he is, immediately misuse it, call it a piece of shit,
and neglect it until it breaks all for
fucking wait for it
the imagined privilege of lording it over his viewers
He genuinely believes (some, most, cases he is right) that a flex unique only to him is spending money
and not even enjoying it
There is not a person more determined to be miserable on this planet. I was going to say maybe Bex Gerber, but she has tits and a vagina and couldn’t pull Phil’s numbers if she could somehow detach from her sofa, and she openly enjoys weed at least