This quote made it click for me now, I still had some residual issues with authority in that I could see that there is a genuine authority that comes from expertise and yet I was trying to eliminate all authority, but that would be going back to humility too!
This is obvious in my BJJ training, I am an expert at this point and there is a genuine authority that this infers, this authority is a natural result of expertise/competence. Yet this authority does not have any power, in fact it does not require power as it is sourced in the confidence of knowing. I cannot pretend that I understand BJJ any less than I actually do. In fact with such authority I do not have to pretend at all, I don’t have to play that game.
It’s like humility and equality here go hand in hand, for it would have me reject my genuine expertise in order to pretend that “we are all equal”. This reminds me of I think Peter’s writing where he mentioned a novel where the ballerinas had led strapped to their ankles in order to ensure that they were all equal in their ability to leap in the air.
This “we are all equal” is basically saying “we should all forever remain trapped”. This is all so silly because there is such a joy and such benefit in being able to make use of one’s acquired expertise. This “we should all forever remain trapped” is made into a virtue, not knowing is made into a virtue, this is all so silly upon a sober reflection.
It’s quite funny because this mechanism was so clearly demonstrated when Richard went public with his discovery. What blasphemy it was for someone to come out and state unequivocally that they have found a solution to the human dilemma. The commonly raised objections section on the AFT demonstrates this point perfectly 
Just one section has the below :
- I don’t like your style.
- Nitpicking, Differences are merely semantic.
- One-Up-Man-Ship, confrontational and defensive
- Actualists are arrogant and think they know-it-all.
- Actualists are authoritative and have to be always right.
- Actualists are proselytizing and too verbose.
- Actualists are condescending and aggressive
- Richard edits archived emails to his advantage