I got my insights in 1992. I read Asimov's Foundation series circa 1980. I did not understand how Terminus could lose its democracy. But the thought stayed with me.

I was an active volunteer in a political party. In 1992, I realized how dysfunctional internal party politics actually is. Democracy, indeed, cannot be forever.

I have been on Medium since 2019, trying to promote my alternative democracy. After close to 500 articles and maybe 15,000 comments, there are no takers!

You might be interested in "How I Tried to Save the USA in 2009?"

https://medium.com/the-political-prism/i-tried-to-save-the-usa-in-2009-5bf6e3251bd8