Congress Shall Make No Law

So, you'd just have the executive branch and the judiciary?

Like an autocracy? Or pretty much literally a dictatorship?

None of the above. With no laws, there'd be nothing for the executive to uphold and no laws for the judiciary to (mis-)interpret.

Mmm hmm. So why are there laws in countries without a legislature? There's like a dozen countries that do it your way and they are noooooooot known for their lack of authoritarianism.

You mean why are there laws in countries where there are both a legislature, an executive, and a judiciary, but they are fused into one?

We should (and could!) do without either!

You're so close to getting it but you're too stubborn to make that connection.

If there's only an executive and a judiciary with no legislature, and the executive signs an order that says that all legislative functions will now be performed by the executive branch, what next?

You're so close to understanding me but you keep not wanting to get it: I don't want either. If there is no executive, it cannot sign an executive order.

Right, the entire country erupts into a perpetual civil war as every town produces a faction of militants who claim government control of the region and there's nobody to stop them. Congratulations, we're now Somalia. Nice job.