No, it's the opposite direction. It's because the real world is largely shit.
The reason it really picked up is that you don't have to see the swarms of immigrants or deal with traffic. People aren't choosing social media over vacations or even nice outings, they're choosing it over going to the shitty overpriced bar or restaurant which just microwaves food.
I do find it funny they get so triggered by a guy who mainly says have some self-worth. It's not the pick up artist stuff they hate, it's that he made fun of masks and people going off to fight Putin. They want every streamer to be xQc or Ludwig type of soyboys.
No, because people aren't blank slates. The primary reason is strict parenting for the same reason the sheltered kid turns into an addict in university when they're exposed to drugs and alcohol. The reason you see it advancing is because kid's only socialization is school, and the internet.
Simply put, it's a symptom but not a cause.
Older generations actively fucked over family businesses and people trying to start their own businesses. How? HR criteria means that you can't use your relative as a reference, you need multiple active references so fuck you to anyone who worked in a small business, and working for yourself means being unemployed.
It's worse than that, they refused to adopt technology and agreed to export labor to 3rd world shitholes. Right leaning cities were hit harder by the shift to a service based economy, because working at a gas station or a grocery store isn't a career.
He's complaining that he's getting his views throttled by age restrictions when he should be treated as one of their top influencers based on content and views. His argument is he gets age restricted for horror games when Pewdiepie/Markiplier play the same games.