Inflexible deliberative systems of government

The inflexibility of the decision making processes of governments vary from system to system but all fail to actually involve local people, except in the most minimal of ways, in the political processes. As governments become more complex the less flexible they are in discerning or responding to the needs of the grassroots. People become more disenfranchised, more tyrannized by government and less and less involved in the processes of governing. The government becomes less and less legitimate and then increases its complexity and inflexibility.