maybe authority proliferates almost as a hack to bypass the need to reach full consensus. those who don't agree can simply be coerced into accepting the terms imposed upon them
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in reverse: those who want to reduce the role of authority must (necessarily?) find ways and areas where they can reach full consensus, or alternatively if full consensus cannot be reached, a conflict resolution method that is more equitable to its subjects (such as negotiation of boundaries between zones where certain terms apply or don't apply)
if we call these zones "networks", then by the principle of free association we must allow people to be part of different networks wherever they disagree on terms. or in other words: the network is defined by the terms you accept.
various people have opined that the differentiating factor of fedi is in choosing which *legal* or *service* terms you accept, but on a technical level you also have to consider the *semantic* terms and what you are *capable* of saying or expressing
