That is the dream... To quit normal work and live off a hobby that is fun. I mean, sheesh, I wish I could film my thoughts on Fallout Boy/Missy Elliot's rendition of the Ghostbusters theme and rake in billions of views and use that to pay rent.
Youtube is fun, I'll give you that, but honestly the big names are kinda/sorta to blame. If this was strictly just a fun hobby where you just get the satisfaction of people commenting and subscribing, this wouldn't have been a big deal. It's when they start giving you money and you hear stories about how some people even quit their jobs just to live off of what they make by making videos that everyone is suddenly treating Youtube like a big gold rush or some get-quick-rich scheme. If Markiplier and Pewds were making 0 cents just like the rest of us, none of this would have been issue and all of us would strictly have been doing this just for fun and as a hobby.
I mean, I dare any big name Youtuber that says 'it's not for the money, it's for the fun' to click that unmonetize button or unjoin their network and go back to a 9 to 5 while still filming.