Modern society would quickly devolve into chaos without bureaucracy. Just because it’s been misused before, does not mean we can do without it. They aren’t “fighting” anything, they are rigorously reviewing and modifying plans and specifications of (often massive) public infrastructure.

The entire concept of a Professional Engineer exists due to bureaucracy. Without it, there would be no liability whatsoever for faulty designs in public putting millions (billions?) of people in danger regularly.