Speaking of reading: Yesterday it was Bakunin, today its Abundance, Generosity, and the State by Jörg Guido Hülsmann.

Just reading through a passage on the destruction of families by interference of the state. Here's another take on authority: "When the state intervenes to "liberate" citizens from authorities such as the church, fathers, and mothers, it damals family life. Indeed, on the one hand, such interventions need to be funded by taxation [...]. On the other hand, they tend to make family superfluous." p.347

Worth a read (if you haven't already)