alt Hacker NewsSo your interpretation of "give the elected official oversight" is that "checks and balances" and "democracy" are "mere suggestions".
You're mistaking: - bureaucracy with democracy - checks and balances with a neo-priesthood
But hey, who needs a functional government when you have a neo-priesthood to keep things 'holy'?"
Bureaucracy is what happens with _any_ large system. It's unavoidable, and the best you can do is to build institutions that know how to manage it.