&gt; Coercion is, by definition, against anyone&#x27;s will, and so no one is genuinely fine with being ruled.<p>But again, the details matter. In a practical sense, there&#x27;s no stark difference between mild coercion and compromise. One could argue that compromise is voluntary whereas, trivially, coercion is not, but this just discards a large part of human experience.<p>I got married voluntarily. I had kids voluntarily. I choose to have friends, rather than isolating myself. Although all of these decisions were voluntary, their constraints on my behaviour are more onerous than anything dictated by my government. So if government coercion is less restrictive than social coercion &#x2F; compromise, what&#x27;s the point of taking a dogmatic stance?<p>EDIT&gt; No man is an island.