The third model he suggests and present in political power is thought control, which, as mentioned above, refers to the fact that citizens are drawn into a false consciousness so that what the state does appears to be consistent with what individuals want. Therefore, if we are never the product of our own thoughts, how can we ever be said to have given authority? If citizens are in false consciousness, then their attribution of authority will never be based on reasons true to them, thus rendering the authority null and void. This model of power therefore makes the coexistence of power and authority as