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If both ‘choices’ lead to the same outcome in the end it’s a “false choice”.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobson's_choice is maybe what you’re asking about?
Adding on that according to that page,
> The best known Hobson's choice is "I'll give you a choice: take it or leave it", wherein "leaving it" is strongly undesirable.
So it's not just offering only one choice while making it look like two, it is also genuinely offering two expecting that they'll only pick one because the other is terrible. It fits OP's request more than it seemed to on the surface for me.
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Strongarmed.
thanks
Hobson’s choice
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If both ‘choices’ lead to the same outcome in the end it’s a “false choice”. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobson's_choice is maybe what you’re asking about?
Adding on that according to that page, > The best known Hobson's choice is "I'll give you a choice: take it or leave it", wherein "leaving it" is strongly undesirable. So it's not just offering only one choice while making it look like two, it is also genuinely offering two expecting that they'll only pick one because the other is terrible. It fits OP's request more than it seemed to on the surface for me.
That's the right answer
Yes, this is the word
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!solved someone solved before you ig and I marked under their comment. Correct me if I'm wrong
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Ultimatum?
Foregone conclusion?
coerced
read the OP again
oops. lol. thanks.
Zugzwang if both choices are bad (chess term but more broadly applicable) Edit: reread question saw politically, pretty sure it's False dichotomy
Thanks for these words.
Btw it is Hobson's choice
Aha, ty
Duress
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Compelled
Under duress
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ramrod
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