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All exercises of government power are authoritarian
If people just voluntarily did the right thing all of the time we wouldn't need a government
The whole point of a government is to cause harm to the people who don't do the right thing, as defined by the people who control the government.
They say it is authoritarian to not show gay porn to little kids, I say it is authoritarian to do so. The person who has the power to enforce his will is the one who is "right".
If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. -- James Madison, The Federalist No. 51, 6 February 1788