# Democracy Depends on Power Remaining Temporary by Bryant McGill > “Democracy can tolerate enormous policy reversals only while power remains temporary.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *The Political Party That Inherits Super Intelligence in 2028, 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Original authored source:** [[articles/The Political Party That Inherits Super Intelligence in 2028|The Political Party That Inherits Super Intelligence in 2028]] (October 1, 2026). - **Rendered extraction surface:** “Democracy can tolerate enormous policy reversals only while power remains temporary.” - **Editorial treatment:** The Reminder reproduces the complete rendered standalone extraction surface. The article uses dual-surface grammar so its contextual sentence opening remains natural while the extracted quotation begins independently. - **Context:** The quotation makes the temporariness of governing power the condition that permits democratic policy reversal. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Political Party That Inherits Super Intelligence in 2028|The Political Party That Inherits Super Intelligence in 2028]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public|The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Government Removability|Government Removability]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Government Removability|Government Removability]] - [[wiki/Democratic Succession|Democratic Succession]] - [[wiki/Democratic Process|Democratic Process]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Democracy can tolerate enormous policy reversals only while power remains temporary.” — Bryant McGill, The Political Party That Inherits Super Intelligence in 2028, 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-bryant-mcgill-democracy-temporary-power ```