Coercion vs Voluntariness Debate
The cluster focuses on heated arguments over whether government mandates, taxes, regulations, or demands from powerful entities constitute forcing or coercing people, or if they represent voluntary choices and collective action.
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It is being forced. If you can experience significant losses or risks unless you comply, that’s being forced. You’re being disingenuous. It’s easy to see where this breaks down - per your logic a mobster running a protection racket isn’t forcing anyone to pay extortion money either.
What does this have to do with forcing you to do anything?
How are they forcing you to do anything?
what is your point? you are saying that they are not forced into it and so therefore everything is A OK?
Can they actually force this on people?
Who's being forced to anything?
The point is “are they forced to do so”
Who's being forced? Collective action isn't forcing; it's voluntary choice.
Re: “consequence of forcing people”, who is doing the “forcing” in your scenario and how is that force applied?
So, to clarify, these people are not forcing you to do anything, but you want to force them to do something?