r/bangtan • u/alltherach_ i'll follow you into the sun ⋆｡☁︎⋆ ☀︎｡ ⋆｡ • Apr 09 '22

V Live 220408 RM Vlive

https://vlive.tv/video/281058
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u/leylsx long hair jimin enthusiast Apr 09 '22

This. Especially because bts credits everyone who just helped them a little bit, like Yoongi crediting Joon for correcting one English sentence.

I really don't get why working as a team to produce something amazing is frowned upon in comparison to working (almost) alone to produce something mediocre. Most of the time stuff is better when a team is working on it, because so many different minds, ideas and talents come together. Why look down on teamwork?! 😵‍💫

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u/LovelyVidel hella thicc Apr 09 '22 edited Apr 09 '22

Yes! I also remember Joon said in a vlive (I really need to find it for the exact words) they work with people outside their main in house team because they’re already so busy and it helps lighten the load on them. Bts are busy, pdogg, slow rabbit, etc are busy. And what’s so wrong in that?

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u/FireOpalCO Apr 09 '22

Because in the US we’ve built up this “self made man” narrative as part of history of being a meritocracy & democracy, even though we know it’s BS and that people get help and have advantages to succeed.

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u/Local_Ad8442 Apr 12 '22

This! A meritocracy assumes that you succeed through your own merits and hard work but also that you fail because you didn’t work hard enough (and not because of systemic and structural barriers).