Rulers this and rulers that. Reflect on this.
Ibn al-Qayyim (رحمه الله) said:
“The first generations of Islam were the most righteous, so their rulers were likewise. When they later became tarnished with corruption, the rulers over them became corrupted. Hence, the wisdom of Allāh ﷻ refuses that righteous rulers – such as Mu’awiyyah & ‘Umar b. ‘Abd al-‘Azīz – are put in authority over us in these times, let alone the likes of ‘Abu Bakr & ‘Umar b. al-Khattab. Rather, our rulers are in accordance with our nature, and the rulers of those before us were in accordance with their nature.”
[Miftah Dar as-Sa’adah, 1/253-254]