I am repeating this post because I forgot to add a title to it and then couldn't edit the original one.
The WTBTS was founded in America and has a strong American component to it. It is an authoritarian organization, and, as you people know, all real decision making is left to the Governing Body, whose members seem to be mostly white Americans, or at least have been mostly white Americans or white people of English descent. It doesn't seem to me that the members from other countries do anything but obey the commands from Brooklyn. So, my hunch was that white Americans so far have been playing a role of leadership, and the organization could face a problem if suddenly there weren't enough white Americans to sit in the Governing Body. Would it be possible to even conceive a Governing Body formed by a brown Mexican, a brown Brazilian, a black South African, one Japanese, one black Trinidadian, brother Jawaharlal from India, brother Roberto from Guatemala (who is unmistakably Mayan), brother Cheyenne from Wyoming, side by side with brother Sven from Sweden, brother Hak from Korea, and, say, Ted Jaracz?
In another thread, On the Way Out said the WTBTS is here to stay financially, and I agree with him. I also agree that it's established around the world. But, does it really have a multinational character? Do you think a brother from Malawi is really at the same level as a brother from Chicago? I believe that the American origin of the WTBTS will continue to exist for a long time, and it might be a real problem if not enough white Americans are available. It doesn't seem to me like the organization could really operate as a multinational.
I will appreciate your thoughts.