"Then God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence because of them; and behold, I am about to destroy them with the earth."
"The LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.
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Because they didn't follow the 10 Commandments. One of which is have no other King or idol.
Read 1 Samuel 8 to know what the Lord thought of government.
We get a government because we can't follow the 10 Commandments. Thus we need to build our collective hell.