It is wrong to use the word force for it and I somehow disagree with you on this. The right way to put it is that Bitcoin was designed in a way that the supply will continue to decrease even in the face of increasing demand thereby creating a kind of imbalance that will spur an increase in price. This is not the same as forcing people to buy Bitcoin but a simple economics.
I agree that OP have used a wrong term on this topic because from when Satoshi created Bitcoin till today, there's nothing that have lead to forcing people into Bitcoin or accepting any Bitcoin rules. Although I have not read the Bitcoin White Paper but from my own thoughts, I don't even think that Satoshi knew that Bitcoin halving was going to be a very great force that will make Bitcoin price to surge during every having season but even if he already knew about it, he still put it there for its importance which is what is still in the favour of every Bitcoiner, he did not force it on us, he did it in our favour.