The "is Phil evil" or as he would put it "is he a bad guy" talk is interesting, I know I get roped into it a lot.
I think some give him too much credit for being a mastermind at what he does - begging hard. And others seem to think he's too simple to know he's doing the wrong thing. What I see is that while he is a man child in all the worst ways, he also hasn't faced hard consequences that he couldn't wiggle out of with at least some success.
- Was a retard growing up -> give him a pill, sorry, a cocktail of pills, and keep him in private school so he doesn't get bullied
- Resident keyboard warrior in FGC -> nobody checks him in person in a way that changes his behavior - I'm of the belief that talking shit and that leading to a beat down fixes things
- Can't get into any prestigious colleges (as one interview with him would scare anybody anyway -> parents buy his way into a Jesuit private college, which only exist for legacies and idiots who didn't get into an Ivy but thumb their nose at public college
- Can't get an actual real job out of college, since he was a retard and unlikeable and didn't do the one thing you do at a private college, network with alumni -> nepo hire where his dad works, being given an empty title with likely no responsibilities
- Gets laid off from said nepo job -> that's fine, he gets into Youtube as it becomes a big platform for gaming
- Incel into 20s with no women in sight -> meet a barely legal fan who craves guys with status & money - also likely never fucked her willingly
- Moves cross country with no plan with said girl -> still making 6 figures and can cry to parents when necessary as they don't say no
- Pushes said girl away -> digs into DMs and finds another girl wanting to chase clout or money or something
- Goes bankrupt due to his own dumbass fault -> happens during a once in a century pandemic, approved, doesn't change spending habits, if anything makes them worse
- Literally any time he is broke in present times -> beg retards who think you're their friend for help
The few times Phil failed/was told no, and couldn't whine his way out of said situation, he tends to bring up still to this day. Wolverine doll, FGC shunning him, Twitch de-partnering him, (for a long time) girls rejecting him, etc. I think of it this way... if a kid is going around being a menace, I blame the parents, especially young kids. Mentally Phil is a 7 year old but he's been a 7 year old for decade, I think it's his fault at this point.
Back to the evil thing though, Phil does understand what he does is bad. You see glimmers of it still, when he does one of his toxic begs ("guys who is going to tip $900 so we can get 6 goals today"), he will always chuckle afterwards. I think shame is long gone and he's at the point of laughing to himself that he can get away with this without anything happening. He is the kid stealing a cookie when he shouldn't or punching somebody with no witnesses. Until hardcore begging like he's doing now doesn't work, he won't change.
One other thing... my favorite DSP-ism which is "I'm not evil, Phil hasn't hurt anyone or murdered anyone". True, but Phil is a unique case where if you watch or interact with him for a short period of time, it's hard not to say he's a piece of shit. Which, for somebody who "hasn't done anything wrong" is pretty bad.