The United States minus Congress is essentially the Chinese system with two parties instead of one - overwhelming authority for the executive, overt and covert

The United States minus Congress is essentially the Chinese system with two parties instead of one - overwhelming authority for the executive, overt and covert threats to get with the program. Not surprising, since our networked, interconnected world concentrates everything - wealth, fame, power etc. I wonder how much of the balance of power is due to asymmetries of knowledge and expertise. We live in a very complex world and the President (perhaps not this one!) has access to top-drawer talent and large, specialized institutions whose job is to crunch the data to suit his mood. How can generalists who spend most of their time fund-raising hope to compete with the executive branch?