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by donatj 3819 days ago
The only justifiable coercion is against coercion. Someone injures you physically or financialy. Forcing someone to do something they don't want to including dieing or giving you their things is coercion. Coercion is always unjust and only fit as a reciprocation for coercion.
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So you're prepared to invalidate close to 100% of all employment contracts in the US?
Quite the contrary. Those are entered into willfully and not coercively.
But they are paid, largely, via taxes that I would believe many people would like to not pay. Taxation's gotta be a coercive thing... what's your take on that?
Does financial coercion exist? If wage slavery doesn't count, what does count as financial coercion?
Cite?
*The Golden Rule. "Treat others as you would like to be treated"