The use of NGO’s and Govt organizations to extort compliance from companies under the colour of law.
Von Mises discussed this process in great detail. It is exactly the way in which the Nazis took control of Germany’s companies without collectivizing a thing.
I’m glad you see this for what it is.
Yes, there was no Gubmint or legislative abuse per se. This was the old “do what I tell you, or you will wake up with a bloody horse’s head next to you tomorrow morning”.