>>2853
>it doesn't make up for their unchecked power and the prevalence of anti Islamic cultural activity
It does when the alternatives are worse. More than a system of governance, the caliphate is an ideal to be striven for. And more than an ideal, its a blueprint, with tested and proven use cases, use cases which saw muslims at their most powerful and relevant on the world stage, and saw them with the most success in military, scholarly, scientific and most importantly of all, spiritual affairs.
Oftentimes muslims struggle to live up to that ideal. This was always the case and anticipated from the onset. That's what jihad means, "struggle". Jihad against kuffar, or external threats, is merely one dimension. Jihad is also to be waged on internal threats, on corruption, on crime, on sinful and baser instincts, even down to the personal, individual level. The struggle is a constant one.
Bottom line, there is no more suitable form of governance for muslims than an islamic state, which in its purest form takes shape as the caliphate. I'd go as far to say that there aren't any viable alternatives for muslims as all the alternatives ultimately entail the destruction of Islamic identity.