As much as I support John Lock's "Life, Liberty, and Property" stance on government responsibility, I think I'm deviating on this issue. Wherever a government applies force to solve an issue, it is authoritarian. In this case, governments have used force to establish the notion of private property. In a way this is similar to intellectual property. If it wasn't for the government, it wouldn't exist... therefore authoritarian. Now hold on... I support enforcement of private property. Yes, I admit, I support a government that is a bit authoritative. There would be no need for government otherwise. Now the question is how authoritative should a government be?