I never suspected this, as a young naïve, born in. I was always under the illusion that the Org was "perfect", and spiritually blemish free. I never would have thought that the Org had ulterior, or unethical motives. I was led to believe that the "anointed" were COLLECTIVELLY coming together and providing precise, spiritual food, at the correct time. I never thought that EVERYTHING was decided by ONLY the 7 or 8 men in power.
As a youngster, born in, I held a "romantic" notion that all the anointed were somehow providing input and direction to the Org, and the publications. As I got older, I learned how the GB consolidated POWER, and held ALL control.
This disturbed me, and made me start to look at everything more clearly.
Now, I can almost say with certainty, that this Org, may not have started as, but quickly became a publishing company. It was all about ADVERTISE, ADVERTISE, ADVERTISE. this corporation DID make millions of dollars selling its published works.
It was actually an ingenious design. It was a publishing company, that peddled its own books with FREE slave labor, and all under the guise of being a "panacea" for humankind. It was basically like a "snake oil" salesmen, claiming to have the "cure" to all of mankinds woes.
What's worse, though, would be if the "snake oil" salesmen, actually poisoned people first, almost insuring they would need his fake anecdote. Well, this IS actually what the WTBS did in realty. By them CONSTANTLY warning the END IS NEAR, the END IS NEAR, it made people feel they needed to buy its publications.
Then you joined the "pyramid" scheme, and were indoctrinated to sell the publications, yourself. Thus creating more, and more slaves to peddle the publishing companies works.
They did this for decades, and made a TON of money doing it. However, once the change of not being allowed to charge happened, it became do or die for the org. The org, quickly changed direction to becoming a real estate company.
That's when the big PUSH of "quick builds", and expanding the "work" happened. Again, ALL with FREE slave labor. We all know the rest. The taking control of all Kingdom halls. The selling off of said real estate, and so on.
The borg is in trouble NOW, you can rest assured. Its "plans" have been exhausted. If they want to survive, they will have to change direction into a new financial undertaking. This undertaking, however, will most likely make them become VERY close to the other "false" religious organizations they used to "demonize". They are going off the rails, and within the next few years, will be a completely different religion.
Its roots have been evil, and monetary, from the door. As the expression goes, just "follow the money".