Take a look at sefer melachim to better understand the inherent difficulty that lies in running a religious state. No religious state has ever run, in history, without corruption. Perhaps when moshiach comes this will change, not likely before then. Just take a look at all the politics in the chareidi parties today. Read Paul Johnson’s “History of the Jews” for an analysis of the problems that erupted in the time of bayis sheni. It’s much easier to live a torah life when occupiers govern the land.
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