@ARSo
Look in RAMBAM hilchot mlachim at the end where he discusses the candidacy of mashiach wannabe’s .
It is clear that there are here some requirements at work.
Requirements which ensure that only one candidate reaches the finish line.
The one and truly.
The real one.
Therefore there is a ‘vetting process’ in place.
A stringent one.
An absolutely foolproof one.
Which weeds out any and all pretenders.
Which makes absolutely sense.
Where did RAMBAM take this vetting process from , do you think ? Is it just ‘common sense’ ?
Or is it based on the nevu’ot of the nevi’im themselves who mention the ‘job description’ of mashiach ?
RAMBAM held that if Mashiach has according to the message of the nevi’im a tafkid, a job to do , it is implicit that pretenders should be measured against the requirements of that tafkid.
Now, why would/should you think that according to RASHI all this doesn’t exist ?
The nevi’im put the bar in its place . We need Binyan B’H. We need Kibuts Galuyot. We need the eradication of the yetser hara. The eradication of Shib’ud Malhuyot. The job description is here.
Isnt it implicit that wannabe’s should be measured against that yardstick ?
Like RAMBAM and RAMBAN say , this is the pashtut.
Miheichi Teiti to make a machloket on this very pashute and sensible point ?