Escapism takes many forms. There's a reason movie viewership in the US was way higher in the 1930s, during the height of the great depression, than it was in the post-war years (it was higher in the early 1940s likely due to WWII and news distribution)

https://www.businessinsider.com/movie-attendance-over-the-ye...

Many people will turn to nihilism given extreme financial conditions, and there's always money to made by selling dreams and dopamine to the despairing.

Yes. The fact that these influencers seem less intelligent than the average human being makes their lifestyle appear attainable to most.

People seem to live vicariously through these influencers so yes