

I mean Seldon plan was just “establish secretive ubermensch society to rule humanity”, and it failed hard. Best part comes later is that Gaia is just communism and nearly all arguments against it are just slightly reworked Cold War anticommunist propaganda.
And ultimately, communism wins, though of course Asimov being idealist do that in idealist way.





This almost happened in Poland in 1990, and, i kid you not, it was still a better choice than wałęsa.