Reply To: Some topics are just too controversial for the coffee room moderators.

LIttle- you raise a good point, which is how to recognize who is Daas Torah. The “system” was meant to be a hierarchy of Rabbanim defering to those greater than them when the issue was beyond their capabilities, since Yisro’s suggestion to Moshe regarding the shoftim was implemented.
When either the Rabbanim themselves or the people with the shailos don’t recognize this, the system doesn’t work properly.
Also, people need to accept the hierarchy and not jump to the top, bypassing the competent rabbanim who are more accessible. Even the greatest T”C will not be able to apply his Daas Torah to a complicated issue when he only has 1 minute to hear and decide the issue. People’s need for connection and spirituality is so great, that they want to connect to the Gadol Hador, but it is not for the Gadol Hador to hear everyone’s shailos, just as it was not Moshe’s job to hear every din.
And keep in mind, Yiftach B’Doro K’Shmuel B’doro. We need to accept and respect the leaders that we have now, those are the ones that are meant for our generation.