An observation.
Indeed the Bolsheviks were evil beyond the pale, yet chronic and compulsive Romanov incompetence made the former inevitable; just as the Bourbons brought the French Revolution down upon their heads.
We are in our current morass of decline because we have willfully surrendered the vision of our Founders. Whether we can recapture it, remains problematic.
Greece and Rome, the creators of Western Civilization, rose and fell. Most emphatically, we will not not escape history!
Clearly, you are correct about history - nothing is forever, no matter how good or how evil.
I would argue that while you are also correct about the Romanov’s incredible incompetence leading to a revolution, there is no particular reason why this country has to end up similarly - especially not right now. We have a binary choice: if we elect Clinton, we will become much more like Mexico, with corruption becoming endemic and our rights being forfeit. If, OTOH, we elect Trump, the level of government incompetence SHOULD decline; the economy SHOULD get better, more people SHOULD be materially better off and thus happier. IOW, we will reverse the present trend. No, that doesn’t mean that all of our ills will be cured, that flocks of flying unicorns will see to it that our every desire is fulfilled - but we’ll be better off. We’ll rewind the clock somewhat, maybe changing that attitudes of some of the 47% that Romney mentioned who are sucking at the government teat.
My problem is that the NeverTrump people don’t seem to want to give Trump or his solutions a chance - they are having a temper tantrum that will give us Hillary, and speed our descent into a civilization-destroying Hell. I can certainly sympathize with their unhappiness, but they and their ilk are the very people who made a guy like Trump inevitable as the only alternative to someone with totalitarian aspirations like Clinton.