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[From Bill Powers (990504.0845 MDT)]

I find this whole coercion argument pretty baffling. If A can make B do
anything that A wants, what difference in the outcome is produced by what B
wants? B, inside, may feel either controlled or uncontrolled, but what does
A care about that? And what difference does it make in any visible outcome?

Perhaps the answer to Isaac's oft-repeated slogan (you need two people to
have a relationship) is that forcing another person to act by using
overwhelming physical force is not a relationship between two people. It's
a relationship between one person and a thing. When you're controlling a
thing, you simply increase the force you're using until the thing does what
you want. Some things are easier to force than others, but if you can
muster enough resources, you can control most of them.

Best,

Bill P.