Austrian Economists on our current dilemma

Quotation from Page 2 of the book Bureaucracy by Ludwig von Mises (preeminent leader of the Austrian School of Economics) Paperback edition by Important Books 2012. Available in the bookstore at Mises.org https://store.mises.org/Bureaucracy-Paperback-P11312.aspx -------------------- An American, asked to specify his complaints about the evils of progressing bureaucratization, might say something like this: “Our traditional American system of government was based on the separation of the legislative, the executive, and the judicial powers and on a fair division of jurisdiction between the Union and the States. The legislators, the most important executives, and many of the judges were chosen by election....