I think a lot of people still trust authority..

Or they want to, at least.

Hell, we all trust authority figures, to one extent or another. Think of the very word "authority", and it means someone with some knowledge or expertise that others-who lack said knowledge or expertise-rely on. The problem is when so many authority figures in our political, economic, and other structures of society are so thoroughly wedded to the preservation of the system itself-the very system that creates all the economic and social inequality to begin with.

You should read the French writer la Boetie-he predated Marx but had some ideas that one can draw parallels to Marx with. Rather than ask, "How do the few govern the many?" like traditional political theorists did, he flipped the question and asked instead, "Why do so many accept the rule of so few?" All it would take would be for everyone at once to withdraw consent.