Attitude towards rabbis

Maybe I'll try to expand.
As is known in the religious community in Israel, there are two approaches to the issue: the Haredi approach that turns rabbis into God, sanctifies absolute obedience and prohibits criticism. The second approach is the religious approach where the rabbi says something and waits for some small journalist to attack him this time.
Personally, I can admire rabbis very much and come to understand in time that they can be wrong, but most people are not capable of that. If you tell them that a rabbi is a person, they will disdain him, and if you tell them that he is elevated from the people, they will turn him into a rabbi. What would you recommend to teach?
Regarding the second part that you did not address and which is even more relevant, which is what is the place of the rabbi in the country in exile, it would be very logical for the community to accept the rabbi's authority, especially since the rabbis at that time were generally not disconnected but rather involved in the life of the masses and in common sense.
Today, power is handed over to politicians and I am debating what the meaning of a religious party is. Is it a business tool in the hands of the rabbis, as with the Haredim, or are the rabbi's words merely a recommendation, as in the religious-Zionist parties? In my opinion, a rabbi should have some importance and voice in a religious party. The question is how and how much?
With great appreciation.

I don't see what this explanation added. The question was clear in principle, and what I wrote is that it is impossible to give a criterion. There is room for appreciation without admiration. The decision should be left to the individual. This is what I am answering in this formulation as well.
Your distinction between the Diaspora and our time seems to me baseless. There have always been rabbis who were enlightened and there were those who were not, and so it is today. And as mentioned, I do not think it is right to give them the right to decide. Religious parties are a different question, and in my opinion they are not needed at all.

When you say not to give them the right to decide, do you mean at all? In other words, not even in matters of halakhic law, should a rabbi have no connection to the party that represents the religious public?

You are mixing things up. Religious parties are an unnecessary institution in my opinion, with or without rabbis. An individual should decide for himself, and if he does not know what the halacha is, he can consult a rabbi. See my article on what is the kola regarding the role of a poske.