Of course you can-- you can move somewhere else. But you'll be likely to find that places without "government coercion", i.e. government, are not as much nicer as you had imagined.
Many millions of people are materially dependent on individual corporations, with no meaningful ability to opt out. Not really seeing the difference here.
"Many millions of people are materially dependent on individual corporations, with no meaningful ability to opt out."
<sarcasm>Well then they can move somewhere else...</sarcasm>
What you're describing isn't free enterprise, so it's disingenuous to use it as an example as if it's the normal case. I could use North Korea as an example of excessive government, but I'm not because I realize it's not the usual case.
Correct. Government is not free enterprise. To govern a body is to take control of it to a certain extent.
We can quibble about how much control is too much, but that's the topic of this debate, not whether or not the government is controlling. I rather think "free enterprise" leads to horrible things when said "enterprise" begins to affect the lives of hundreds of millions of people, and I like that we build systems to manage those large-scale enterprises rather than leaving them up to individual whim. It would be nice if we had more of those systems – say, to stop children from getting sick and dying just because their parents couldn't find work.
Many millions of people are materially dependent on individual corporations, with no meaningful ability to opt out. Not really seeing the difference here.