I hear this a lot, but it's incredibly tautological. "We only oppose coercive structures" yeah like is there anybody on earth that endorses coercive structures?
Or the closely related variant, "we only oppose unjust hierarchies". yeah right.
Or the closely related variant, "we only oppose unjust hierarchies". yeah right.
Yes? Prisons are openly coercive, as are taxes, not to mention the use of military force to enforce economic benefit. Lots of people openly back these concepts and institutions (including the qualities that make them coercive) with justifications like, "if we didn't coerce some people, our society wouldn't be able to function".
Consensus decision making.
Love.
Hacky sack
Music.
Good sex.
Really?
Prisons are coercive in the same sense health and safety regulations are coercive.
Ever heard of dictatorships?
The main strength of a democracy is in stability. It ideally creates the perception of the ability to change one's political future with a vote, which means people are less likely to resort to the methods they must to change their political future under an e.g. dictatorship. Of course when that perception collapses, we're back to square one.