this is the only time i think i am going to comment on this thread but i always knew industries were awful and insidious in every place in the world. i began to get into kpop when the burning sun was happening. i think cults are just as dangerous as political connections. but seeing this unfold very publicly it's giving me the creeps, for real. i consider myself an army (i don't participate in fandom culture) and to know that, if the artists are cultists too it's just so so so sad. bc they recruited them really young, made them participate on those courses since high school... aside from the obvious pr hybe made them do, i don't think they are believers bc the cult beliefs don't align with the members words and actions as i watched bts related things along the years. but i also don't discard the chance that they are members of the cult, who knows. idk i feel pity for them and the other artists at this point. i feel like being rich isn't going to shield any of these artists of being in a very bad mental state BUT i hope bang pd is suffering very much so. i hate mhj too, but on a lesser level. sorry, i just needed to vent.