Tell me you have low intellect without telling me you have low intellect. Ain't nowhere in this very long interview is he dismissive of Koreans overworking themselves. The only question that he references "that's just how things get done" is in regards to the west moral faux superiority whenever they want to talk about the "dark side of kpop" as if they weren't being the ones that colonized nations and enslaving people. Now those affected by colonization have to work x7000 much harder to dig themselves out of that mess. He even makes a reference that it was just 70 years ago that they didn't even have all that they have now but thanks to the "grandparents" the people who paved the way with making Korea what it is today, at least in the music industry, that all of this success kpop is seeing is possible and it didn't just come by not doing anything like an analogy to the west. (you can even incur that since all the west "hard work" was stealing other nations resources, SK are battling the odds as a tiny ass nation of 50M people)
But that's what antis like you do. You inject whatever perceived issue you think BTS can get flack for when this whole article has been about his journey, the kpop industry, his music and his future. Let your favs, whoever that might be, play superheroes and tackle this injustice you just adopted and stop expecting BTS to play politicians. They're musicians. It's like you're being purposely obtuse when seeing the questions he was asked too and not one of them was about that topic at all.
My comment is only referring to the interviewer's question about whether upholding perfection, overstraining, and youth are cultural traits in Korea. I then took the time to critique how these same values lead to negative outcomes.
The dismissive phrase "that's just how things get done" is problematic in the context of Korean society, not simply the industry. It shows a disregard for the serious issues that Koreans face on a daily basis due to conformity to established values.
For example, the issue of overworking is a result of these values. Recent discussions have focused on increasing the workweek to 69 hours, despite evidence that longer work hours do not necessarily lead to increased productivity.
The promotion of Kpop idols who are minors is another example of the problematic nature of this phrase. Simply accepting the status quo and conforming to a system that is detrimental to one's mental and physical well-being is not a sustainable solution.
He gave a good explanation for why Koreans are like this, given their history. But the solution of simply accepting it is problematic and was the POINT of my first comment.
Two things can be mutually exclusive. It’s perfectly fair for him to say that Westeners are not interacting with Korea within its socio-political context and the questions are often patronising and don’t consider the impacts of colonisation.
But it’s also fµcked up to say that overwork is how progress is made no matter how much of a strain it causes the native. Which once again was the point of my fucking comment. The solution he gave to their history is problematic in 2023. Do I need to baby feed you this.
get out 
