The WT leadership is not the only self involved group of people. Many people (even here) are blind to the realities of other cultures and have an arrogance and superiority complex that is off-putting to those who have a broader world view. When people are in literal survival mode, it is hard for them to relate to our frustrations with the lines that we stand in to get our licenses updated or how long slow our internet is. I know what an "ugly American" is and have had my moments of being one. Its hard, when we are spoiled by the relative ease of our lives for us to realize how fortunate we are-we take a lot for granted. Many have died to have the right to the difficulties and challenges that send some of us into depression and despair.
Of couse, the GB is supposed to be better than that, right? But they aren't. American WT standards are held for most people across the globe (though I have seen some give in some areas). But seeing native African brothers in suits and ties while IN remote parts of Africa is just incongruous. Even in cosmopolitan Cairo, few men dress in that western fashion (ties, particularly). They are tone deaf.