And having a cartel or monopoly doesn't essentially create mandated outcomes? Only this time as totalitarian fiat, rather than legislation by a nominally accountable body. Would you want to live in a coal mining company town?
No, you go elsewhere and get a different job. You are not compelled by force to stay.
You completely missed my point. Something that is "mandated" can only be enforced by guns. Have you ever heard of company towns that force workers to stay at the point of a gun ?
You need to do some reading on the subject. I suggest you start with the book "Basic Economics" by Thomas Sowell.