I think of it more as government is forcing companies which limits my choice. If I were being forced, the gun would be at my head. I can own the car I want legally. It’s availability is limited by the gun at the manufacturers’ heads. My point is that the distinction is still important because it’s not the same thing even if it has an indirect consequence on my choice.Limiting choices through government action is force. Consider force being a continuum where the extreme end is gun-to-your-head-and-death-if-you-don’t-comply. Shaping the possible decisions based on the limited options available for choosing is forcing people to choose only options TPTB find acceptable. I forget who coined the nudge-shoove-shoot concept but we’re definitely in the nudge phase of the process.
When someone says I’m being forced to buy EV’s I’d have to put “forced” in quotes. They haven’t made ICE powered vehicles illegal to own.