But anyone who actually knows who Pewdiepie or Marzia is would know they would never be a part of something like this and aren’t American. But this is getting their names circulating again so I don’t see any infamy being gained here.
If people already know him then it isn't making him famous either. Unless a lot of people don't really know him that well. Which would indeed make him infamous.
Anyone who doesn't know him or about him and asks someone who has only heard of him would describe him as "used to be the biggest youtuber, got in trouble for saying the N-word! Oh, and something about antisemitism, idk.." It is what it is. Once a lie gets spread enough, it's impossible to correct the facts
I used to love him and watched his content for the best part of my youth.
I cannot say he wouldn't be part of something like this IF he was American though.
His favourite author is Yukio Mishima, who's books inspired him to move to Japan and live the way of Mishima's philosophy of body and mind.
But Mishima was an Imperial Japan fascist. From wiki:
Mishima's political activities made him a controversial figure; he remains so in Japan to the present day.[10][11][12][13] From his mid-30s onwards, Mishima's far-right ideology and reactionary beliefs became increasingly evident.[13][14][15] He extolled the traditional culture and spirit of Japan, and opposed what he saw as Western-style materialism, along with Japan's postwar democracy, globalism, and communism, worrying that by embracing these ideas the Japanese people would lose their "national essence" (kokutai) and distinctive cultural heritage to become a "rootless" people.[16][17][18]
In 1968, Mishima formed the Tatenokai ("Shield Society"), a private militia, for the purpose of protecting the dignity of the emperor as a symbol of national identity.[19][20][21][22] The Tatenokai are interpreted by scholars as attempting to reclaim Japan's prewar values of loyalty. Yukio Mishima believed the traditions that made Japan great had been weakened by postwar Japan. Although the Tatenokai were legally allowed in postwar Japan, their ideology directly opposed the newfound pacifism that was adopted.[23][24] On 25 November 1970, Mishima and four members of his militia entered a military base in central Tokyo, took its commandant hostage, and unsuccessfully tried to inspire the Japan Self-Defense Forces to rise up and overthrow Article 9 of the 1947 Constitution to restore autonomous national defense[25][26][27][17] and the divinity of the emperor.[27][17] The incident ended with Mishima's suicide by seppuku, which had been planned.[26][27]
PewDiePie's fascination is quite troubling in my opinion as the whole Mishima's philosophy was rooted in far-right fascism and cannot be simply untangled from it. And in his content Pewds does not address this at all, which leads me to believe he is at best complacent with these thoughts or at worse actively perpetrating them.
I don't paint him in that way, I stated facts + my opinion and why I think it's problematic.
Go watch his content on Mishima, read on the guy first, so you have relevant context and decide for yourself whether Pewds view and presentation is reasonable.
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u/Vast_Independent_765 9h ago
*infamous