We don't obey because they have authority, we obey because they have power.
I disagree that this is the factor behind most behavior with respect to government structures (at least in Western Europe). Most of the people who don't cheat on their taxes don't avoid doing so out of fear of punishment, but out of a conviction that it is wrong; this is so with the other 'bureaucratic' crimes, as well as with major crimes such as rape and murder (though with things like that, it's not really a belief that it's the government that is being wronged...).

Think of media, banks and other multinationals as the most obvious examples.
I think we're using power and authority differently. These don't have coercive power to any great extent, at least not directly.

Do you trust those who are the problem to create a race that is not like them?
Surely not. That's why they'd have to delude themselves into thinking it's to create a military advantage or somesuch.