Does the Quran support Theocracy?

[The Grand Nudger]

 Yet, (and I am asking this as a historian of some sort) do you believe we are happier or even better than ancient Egyptians for instance?

The short answer would be yes.  Rightly or wrongly.  If all the slaving and warlording and sickness weren't enough to vouch for their misery, if all of the shit they wrote about it doesn;t persuade you.......another way we can surmise that the average ancient egyptian was not exactly satisfied with their lot in life is the expansion of beliefs about the afterlife throughout their history.  Tell me about your heaven and I'll tell you what's missing in your life.  

They turned to their spirituality, you see.  It didn't improve their lot in life, ofc.  They all died and none went to heaven - and also all of the shit they wasted their time praying over didn't improve.  The late period saw them double and triple down on their public religiosity, as if maybe doing more of what had failed them...and harder...would make things better.  It did not.  

They were conquered.  They probably should have spent the temple effort on weapons. Ironically, their conquerors did more to spread their spirituality than they ever managed. They're also gone. The entire period of history is contextualized by the spoils inventory of this or that god emperor, counting "some number of women, children, and livestock".

As far as what troubles us today in comparison to what troubled people then - I think that if you did any sort of thorough research you'd find that it's the same stuff. They didn't need nukes to have weapons of mass destruction. They didn't have enough food to feed half their number even if they wanted to, even on good years. They were brainwashed by the divine regimes from cradle to grave. Their efforts and even their mere existence put incredible amounts of pollution into their environment, and this was the direct cause of many of their plagues. They thought this stuff was the will of the gods, all the while. What you have in mind is not history, it is a myth - and a common one. The myth of the golden age.