"either you are for freedom, or you are for collective coercion." This is a false dichotomy, and the happiest nations on earth have a mix of market regulation

"either you are for freedom, or you are for collective coercion." This is a false dichotomy, and the happiest nations on earth have a mix of market regulation and individual freedom. And, that's an odd dig at life in Soviet Russia. It certainly was not the worst way of life -- I've known quite a few people living in all parts of the world who grew up in the Soviet system and longed for it, wishing for a return to that way of life while knowing it'd never happen.