If authority is no longer respected it is because it destroyed its own credibility, through brazen self-interest, and the perpetuation of self gratification for the select few at the expense of injustice for the many. This doesn’t imply all authority is irredeemably corrupt. Just that there is a venal element that poisons and corrupts the system until it becomes unfit for purpose ( for example MP’s who believe that those with the least in society should have their income cut to below inflation increase, whilst lobbying for their trough to increase to £86,000 plus …a 30% increase