Eagle367 said:
I would say the workplace is a very important part of everyday life for many people so they do have the kind of authority on each of their microscales to be authoritarian. Hell they are authoritarian by virtue of their structure aka owner, board, manager, workers, etc. |
Again, not authoritarian by the political definition. This is about politics, not sociology or philosophy.
If you want to take it broader I could even say my hobbies are authoritarian because I would literally die from depression if I didn't have them, so they are commanding me to do them.
If you demand respect or gratitude for your volunteer work, you're doing volunteering wrong.