Grey Matter,
Just want to make sure that you’re aware, that by your definition we (am yisroel) wouldn’t have been zoche to the works of: The RaMBaM, the Baal Shem Tov, the Magid of Mezritch, Rebbe Nachman, the Alter Rebbe, the RaMChaL, v’chu v’chu, all of whom were opposed and called “off” by the “gedolim” of their day.
Also as someone who has learned the Torah of the Rebbe extensively, I can confidently say that I’ve never come across a statement like “I am moshiach” CH”V. Could I see how someone, with a krume daas, could come in and twist the words of the Rebbe to make it seem like he was saying that, yes. I am sure someone with bad intentions could twist any Torah R”L and make it fit their desires, as Shabsi Tzvi did with the heilige Zohar.
RSO,
If you would kindly take the time to read the posts above, you would see that the statement “tzadikim run the world” does not mean what you’re saying it means. “Tzadikim running the world” simply means that through their influence of the Jewish people they, in turn, influence how Hashem chooses to relate to the world and which hashpaos Hashem chooses to give the world. That in no way implies that they can simply “make Moshiach come” without the participation of the Jewish people. Please review what people are positing the statement means above before starting a conversation that will simply turn itself around in circles over and over.