[BalinKing]

Of course, the eventual monarchy didn't solve Israel's problems either:

> When they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” Samuel considered their demand wrong, so he prayed to the Lord. But the Lord told him, “Listen to the people and everything they say to you. They have not rejected you; they have rejected me as their king.... > When that day comes, [the people asking for a king] will cry out because of the king you’ve chosen for yourselves... > — 1 Samuel

No mere human is deserving of being "believed in," whether it's a king, politician, religious leader, or even one's own self. We're simply not good enough (or powerful enough, or...) to be able to truly fix the world's problems on our own.