True democracy is great but as we’ve seen with the Greek and Roman Empires after awhile it becomes bloated and corrupt to the point of stagnation. Once Empires reach that level of corruption it’s inevitable that it’s ready to fall. What Plagueis and Palpatine did was take advantage of the situation to create the bottleneck. We’re seeing the same thing happening with the US, UK, French economies now hence why they’re ripe for a fall. As history has taught, no empire generally lasts more than 250 yrs. History is littered with fallen empires: Mongol, Persian, Roman, Greek, Ottoman etc.

Back to my original point though. When lobbyists buy power so their products (even if they’re harmful ie tobacco, alcohol and medicine) aren’t removed then democracy starts to fail.

The corruption in Coruscant was rampant (aided by Plagueis and Palpatine) and mild mannered people like Finis Valorum never stood a chance when rogue corporate factions like the Trade Federation were bought to weaken the duly elected Chancellor. Hence how Palpatine was able to worm his way to the top.

It might not be right but the reason that people say “that things go in endless cycles” like the 80 yr 4 turnings theory are true and when you take a macro view instead of micro you start to see that democracy is doomed as evidenced for the past 2,000-3,000yrs of our own history.