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steve · 4086 days ago · link · · parent · post: Fuck You. I'm Gen Y, and I Don't Feel Special or Entitled, Just Poor.
I understand what you're trying to say, but coercion is the wrong word. you don't HAVE to do any of that. No one has a gun to your head. I'll agree that the system is broken. I won't agree that anyone is coercing you into anything. You may feel pressures from the market, or from your dreams, or from your expectations... but it's not coercion.
socialistfuck · 4083 days ago · link ·
Coercion means more than someone having a gun to your head. Capitalism is coercive, for instance.
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socialistfuck · 4083 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.