I think you have hit upon a very significant point.
JWs consider themselves to be the focal point of modern history, even having the conceit to think that their insignificant convention resolutions are the "bowls of God's anger", and that God is using them to "rock the nations". Even world religion has "fallen" because it no longer controls them like it did for a few days in 1918.
The reality is that, outside of their own isolated group, they just don't even make the radar screen. That is why they insist on cultural isolation. "Bad association spoil useful habits" really means "normality is contageous". If they opened up their society to the rest of the world, they would realize that they just don't rate consideration.
Good post.