“Hobson’s Choice,” they say, “is no choice at all.”
Much like the choices of our digital world
Do you “agree” or “disagree” seems to come with
every new social media site or equipment driver
Be sure to read the agreement before clicking…
Yeah, right…Who is fool enough to do that??
“Agree” is a “Hobson’s Choice”… no choice at all
An ultimatum you can’t ignore nor refuse
It is “agree” or send it back!
Who wants to do that?
So, we make our choice to have none
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Who knows what our choice allows…
Perhaps selling our information?
Listening to us and gathering information?
Spying on us through our camera?
Or… giving up our rights to everything imaginable!
But we will never know… till it’s too late.
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Photo: Dwight L. Roth
Today at d’Verse our guest host Christopher Reilley asked us to write a poem using the word choice. I liked his definition of Hobson’s Choice which is no choice at all!
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