Your definition says nothing about regulation or deregulation, so I wonder why you’re trying to pin others to it. One doesn’t need laws (or a bureaucracy, for t

Your definition says nothing about regulation or deregulation, so I wonder why you’re trying to pin others to it. One doesn’t need laws (or a bureaucracy, for that matter) to “enforce strict obedience to authority.” If you’re hunting for a contradiction this ain’t it.