and if the deep state acts in contradiction to the actual elected officials?
thats totally cool right, joe?
This is one of those "it depends" things. You'd want the minions in charge if the dictator was malevolenet, and you'd want the dictator in charge if he was wise and benevolent.
The way it is, the minions are in charge and they are taking advantage of absence of accountability. This arrangement also renders voting more or less moot, becuase unelected minions and experts have the bulk of the real power. Elected peeps are puppet actors, skilled at hand wringing and platitudes.