“In the entire history of humanity man has never been offered a choice in government of absolute good.”
The entire history of humanity? Perhaps the City of Enoch would fit that description. It is possible for people to be good and to expect their leaders to be good. It all depends on their desire and the kind of society they want to live in.
I guess that depends on your definition of “good.”
The Bible says that no man is good, we are all sinful, just in varying degrees and of various types.
I am unclear what the City of Enoch refers to, but it appears to be a religious reference. If we’re going to be talking about God in person taking direct control of the government then my point doesn’t apply. Those claiming to speak for God are no more likely to be “good” than anybody else.
God is good. Men are not. We each have trouble controlling our own lives, but think that qualifies us somehow to control others. Ecclesiastes 8: 9 “All this I observed while applying my heart to all that is done under the sun, when man had power over man to his hurt.”
That government is best which governs least simply because humans are not qualified to control other humans.