“If you take out somebody's ability to buy food, that is no longer coercion. That is forcing tyrannical edict”
That’s what coercion is, force. It’s force, violence, or threat of force or violence eg ‘Give me a third of your income or armed goons will crank back your rotator cuffs and throw you in a cage.’ Coercion is very serious. Some people misuse the word to mean things like social pressure.
“If you take out somebody's ability to buy food, that is no longer coercion. That is forcing tyrannical edict”
That’s what coercion is, force. It’s force, violence, or threat of force or violence eg ‘Give me a third of your income or armed goons will crank back your rotator cuffs and throw you in a cage.’ Coercion is very serious. Some people misuse the word to mean things like social pressure.
Fair point. I always thought coerce was a limp way of saying force.