@konceptual i cannot comment on the situation and example you refer to simply because i am not familiar with that situation/location. As far as elders are concerned they are responsible for their congregation and should trust the brothers at the branch and international offices, just like all the other JW's should trust the brothers.
within JW ranks there is not a real movement of people who think there is any reason to distrust the organisation. things are going fine as far as the majority is concerned.
Come on @insidetheKH - you don't get off that easily.
You are quite happy to spout off generalities about what the majority do or don't think but are not prepared to look at the principles involved. It's fine to trust and, once again, I agree that for most things are going fine. That does not mean that you can simply brush away any debate with a simple claim that no one who actually goes to the meetings really cares therefore it's just the irrelevant bleatings of a few disaffected malcontents.
There are fundamental points about the potential abuse of scriptural doctrines around Jehovah's headship arrangement, organisational structure and the deference shown to the hierarchy when this is used to steamroller whatever financial arrangements HQ sees fit. There are potential legal ramifications to those lower down who carry ever more responsibility on a personal level yet have little real power to manage their exposure due to having to listen to mother. For many of them the implications of the WTS's slippery shouldered tactics are completely lost on them and they are simply ignorant of the risks.
Without wishing to draw too many emotive parallels, the events this week marking the liberation of camps in Europe should provide some cause for reflection on the fact that just because the majority are not bothered by the actions of their trusted leaders it does not mean all is well or that any criticism is diminished.