We made the gigantic permanent government. Why would we ever think they would not ever give over to their totalitarian impulses? Now we have the worst of all possible situations - a dictatorship of the oligarchy and the permanent bureaucracy that can hide behind the facade of the trappings of the former American Republic.
Because it is hidden behind the curtain instead of right out front in sunshine, it is actually in many ways worse than other forms of tyranny.
The truth hurts.