scarmig is right. Authoritarian does not mean the existence of coercive laws and institutions, it is about how power is distributed and the manner in which is

scarmig is right. Authoritarian does not mean the existence of coercive laws and institutions, it is about how power is distributed and the manner in which is it exercised. If a given tax regime has democratic support, collecting the tax will be coercive but the institutions that collect it need not be authoritarian.