Q&A: A Utopian Government
A Utopian Government
Question
In a utopian world, if the honorable Rabbi, may he live long, could instruct Sa’ar and Bennett and all the members of their parties how to vote, would the honorable Rabbi, may he live long, instruct/advise them to form a government with the current right-wing bloc (Likud, Religious Zionism, Shas, United Torah Judaism), when they would hold the balance of power and would have a reasonable chance of achieving a great deal, or is the current government preferable, with Meretz and Ibtisam from Labor and Ra’am? In this utopian world, all the voters of Sa’ar and Bennett also listen and want to follow the honorable Rabbi’s instructions/advice, so the question is about the issue itself and is not influenced by the wishes of the voters. Thank you and best regards.
Answer
Absolutely not. I would instruct and advise them not to do that under any circumstances. This is a corrupt and degenerate coalition whose essence is major harm. Far more than a few Knesset members whom everyone likes to wave around (Ibtisam and Ra’am, who carry no significant weight and are not expected to do too much damage). And in general, even if Likud and the Haredim were a right-wing government (and they are not), why would that matter? What good can they bring us? Nothing. There are no negotiations with the Palestinians on the table and no important diplomatic issue at stake. In the security sphere, Bibi has really not proved himself at all (in fact he failed miserably, aside from the lofty talk about being Mr. Security). In short, I see no reason to allow them to keep corrupting the state and degenerating it.
Discussion on Answer
It’s hard to elaborate here. Briefly, the Haredim corrupt the government by the very fact of their absurd demands and their total lack of concern for their surroundings. About this our sages said: he eats but does not produce. Their whole concern is to bring in more money from the udders of government (to which they do not contribute) in order to maintain their rule over the rotten and depraved society they have built (of course that society also has good sides, but the corruption there is terrible and deep-rooted).
Bibi, beyond his personal corruption, has corrupted the entire political environment. He brought cynicism to levels that did not exist here before (and politics always had cynicism, of course). There is no connection whatsoever between what he says and the truth, or between what he promises and what he does. He incites against every institution, every group, and every person who is not with him. He deceives people and is a tireless manipulator. All the little lapdogs in Likud follow him out of fear and/or lack of backbone, even when it harms the interests of their movement and of the state. For him the law has become a joke and a mockery (he changes laws and legislates anew every time according to his interests, thereby corrupting the legal system in the state). There’s much more.
I’m sure arguments will now start here and people will scold me for my anti-Semitism. I don’t see any point in continuing to spell it out further.
Could the Rabbi expand on why Likud and company are degenerating the state? It’s a genuine question; I’m just new here.