Having mandatory, is NOT the same as coercion.. b/c a large majority of the people do NOT need to be coerced to follow rules of their own making and a society of their own choosing and a community in which they chose to live... I would NOT call that coercion.
If I resist paying taxes, the government intervenes with the threat of force. Threat of force is the very definition of coercion.
If people are really choosing to make rules to provide welfare, then they can skip the intermediate step and chose to provide welfare. Everything else is coercion.
Forget it, JJG's makes up his own definitions to rationalize his desire to believe he supports freedom against his desire to control others.
War is peace, freedom is slavery, all that good stuff.
We have already seen several times that terms are thrown out with some baggage or some meaning that differs from one side to another. If we remain unclear about our terms, then we are going to have more difficulties communicating our ideas. Anyhow mandatory and coercion are NOT the same even though they are similar concepts, and I explained to some extent, the context for my distinguishing mandatory and coercion.