Stress and alienation&#x2F;isolation have been directly implicated in depression, anxiety disorders, and addiction.<p>Perhaps these sometimes result from what might be described as coercion, but I think that to characterize, for example, the problem of parents who physically abuse their children as one of coercion misses the point.  Coercion is a catch all, and in many cases coercion does not result in stress, trauma, etc.<p>That and holy shit, when did basing arguments on the notion of the noble savage come back in style?