Claim: George Orwell is opposed to states that regulate public and private life.

Authoritarianism is a form of government characterized by strong central power and limited political freedoms . Individual freedoms are subordinate to the state and there is no constitutional accountability under an authoritarian regime . Juan Linz 's influential 1964 description of authoritarianism characterized authoritarian political systems by four qualities :   limited political pluralism ; that is , such regimes place constraints on political institutions and groups like legislatures , political parties and interest groups ;  a basis for legitimacy based on emotion , especially the identification of the regime as a necessary evil to combat `` easily recognizable societal problems '' such as underdevelopment or insurgency ;  minimal social mobilization most often caused by constraints on the public such as suppression of political opponents and anti-regime activity ;  informally defined executive power with often vague and shifting powers .   Modern dictatorships use an authoritarian concept to form a government .