Compulsory options
Sometimes life confronts us with "options" that are compulsory. The recent change to WhatsApp’s terms and conditions is an example.
At one school I attended, we used to say that certain subjects were “compulsory electives”. Although we could choose two each year, the list of options included only two.
Life confronts us with this kind of “option” from time to time. We are free to choose, but tied down by the complete lack of room in that very choice.
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AI translation from the Portuguese. First published in ECO on 14 January 2021.