A wise man once told me, “There’s no business like Torah business”
Promotions, marketing, caste systems, social hierarchies, and flaunting wealth are all signs of a highly successful system.
The frum Torah world championed by Rav Aharon Kotler zt”l has been successful beyond anyone’s dreams.
The hype is the byproduct of it, for good and bad. I think the bad outweighs the good, but obviously, I am part of an insignificant minority.