We've almost reached the advanced level of 18th century Russia under Catherine the Great. Obama is our Enlightened Despot, who gets rave reviews from the intellectuals even when the policies do no good for the people of the country, and the government views the people as a bunch of serfs.
Why bother having a Congress? The government could save a lot of money not having to pay for 435 Congressmen, 100 Senators, and their staffs. Obama is just going to issue executive orders as he sees fit—why bother with laws passed by Congress?
There is no bribery mechanism or motivation if there are not two sides. One to play the good cop side and one to play the bad cop side. The executive and legislative branches have been working that old routine in it’s various forms since the early 1960’s.