I found a comment on a Youtube (may God curse it) video about the next Jewish king, often called "moshiach" (which means "annointed person"), who will, in a sense (more on that later), bring the exiles of Israel back to their land, reestablish a proper Jewish Torah legal system in the land, fight wars for Israel against their enemies, and much more (in case you didn't already know). The comment was a very long (for a Youtube comment) nigh-essay about, essentially, how the author believes the ideas about moshiach (I'll use that term because that's a quick shorthand for "the next Jewish king," and because it's what people usually use to refer to him) that are a part of standard traditional (although, according to him, it isn't traditional) Jewish thought are lies invented by Maimonides in the twelfth century.
So, here are my thoughts on this, and why I think this person's views are incorrect; this post is a refutation of his claims (also, I, as of writing, haven't read the full comment that the guy wrote yet, so I'm partially refuting it as I go).
"[Jewish people] are completely UNAWARE that they have been foolishly waiting (for thousands of years) for a fantasized 'phantom' (a 'Messiah' from the bloodline of King David) that their cult-leader Maimonides thoroughly invented on his own."
So, he's claiming that the idea of moshiach was invented by Maimonides (I know, it's redundant). One problem with this is that both the Jewish Bible and the Talmud