This is a combination of statements. Are you saying that having a currency at all is coercive force? I think it would be a more accurate thing to say that government is the ultimate provider for research funding in many cases, and withdrawing that support is used here as a threat.
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So we fought The Revolution to gain monetary independence
Eventually creating the Constitution to have a national currency to pay for public goods & services
Fascists use state power to reward & punish
Versus our government can always pay for anything denominated in dollars