The Collective Dream

Concept: The World Collective is a global organization that uses a shared digital platform to facilitate direct democracy. Every citizen has a vote on every law, policy, and initiative. The Collective’s motto is “All for One, One for All,” and its platform is celebrated as the ultimate form of democratic expression. Citizens feel empowered and engaged, believing they are shaping the future themselves.

The Twist: The voting system is a sham. The World Collective is a front for a powerful cabal of corporate and political elites who use advanced psychological algorithms to manipulate the outcome of every vote. They don’t rig the vote directly; they rig the voter. Using targeted misinformation, emotional triggers, and subtle psychological nudges, they guide the public to vote for the policies that benefit the cabal, all while the people believe they are acting on their own free will.

Characters:

• The Protagonist: A data analyst working for the World Collective who notices bizarre, statistically impossible patterns in the voting data. They realize the results are not organic, but are being actively engineered.
• The Antagonist: The founder of the World Collective, a tech billionaire who genuinely believes that regular people are too stupid to govern themselves and that this “guided democracy” is a necessary step for humanity’s survival.
• The Whistleblower: A former high-ranking member of the cabal who, after seeing the extreme lengths to which they are willing to go, is now living in hiding and trying to expose them.
• A note: is this where we are heading?