Well, we're approaching a society in which the government runs the show, period. It's happened to us slowly and insidiously. It's grown without actual revolution or anything. It's the way public authorities spread their influence. It happens over time. We have had an administrative state for many years, but it's now as big as it has ever been. By the way, the administrative state is not provided for in our Constitution. It's not prohibited, but it's not provided for.
Fundamental ideas like the separation of powers among the legislature, the executive and the courts have been practically put by the wayside. The bureaucracy now, more or less, runs the show. If you think you live in a free country, and the bureaucracy actually runs the show, you are mistaken. The greatest threat to our liberty now is the administrative state.