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comment by socialistfuck
socialistfuck  ·  4139 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Fuck You. I'm Gen Y, and I Don't Feel Special or Entitled, Just Poor.

Coercion means more than someone having a gun to your head. Capitalism is coercive, for instance.





b_b  ·  4139 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Not coercive, incentivized. There's quite a difference, but sometimes incentives can make people do pretty awful things, too.

socialistfuck  ·  4139 days ago  ·  link  ·  

If you aren't able to do what you want because if you do you face poverty and things that come with it (e.g. homelessness, hunger, etc.) that's the definition of coercion.

steve  ·  4139 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think that based on your username, we may just have to agree to disagree - and that's ok.