A dystopian novel idea about a man trapped in a totalitarian company's control

This document explores the concept of a man trapped within a totalitarian company's control, unable to quit and manipulated through data collection. It raises questions about privacy, security, and accountability.

The Company's Control

### this is a secured cloud document 

[the-library]: any
[short-story]: any

fiction 

dystopian novel idea / short story / fiction 

centered around The Company 

and a man who works for them who begins 
to feel that he no longer has a choice that he works for them 

// maybe he is a high ranking person, or 
simply a very technically prolific or 
mission critical component. being used 
to an extent greater than which he knows 

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the company had become so entrenched in 
society 

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they had vans everywhere. vans that could 
bring you things. vans that could take you away. 

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they knew where you lived 

when you're not home 

where you are 

what you like 

you've given them a complete profile 
on everything they need to do to manipulate, control and coerce you. 

the concept of not being able to quit 
work never occurred to you because it had never occurred to you to quit 

they had crafted the perfect 
little programmed worker

not working wasn't in his code 

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it's astounding to consider how 
little we think of freely giving 
all of our data to a private entity 

no true warranties can be made about 
the protection and use of that data 

even the data in your "cloud" has 
security limitations. systems can 
only become more secure, never "secure". 
The only secured data is data that does not exist. 

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this all is provided the entity 
with whom you trust your data with 
is actually trustworthy and not 
malicious. it assumes that they 
are competently executing their 
strict privacy policies in practice.
if they aren't, what mechanisms 
of accountability are in place?
And do those mechanisms actually work?

If the answer is the government, what happens when The Company is the government?

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he noticed the changes slightly 
at first 
 

then suddenly, the changes 
grew more constant and severe

when he couldnt cash a check 

when the banks all had trouble 
with their payment systems 

when they disconnected his 
phone service 

when they interfered in any way 
possible in his attempts to exit their grid.

to keep him in such a desperate 
position 

that his only alternative was doing 
the exact job The Company had prescribed 

or be stripped of all possessions  


and even then, if he tried to run 

he would be captured 

and if he refused to work 

he would be starved 

and if he refused to live 

he would be tortured 

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kept alive artificially 

intubated with feeders down 
his throat. fitted with 
catheters and waste trays 

made so miserable to exist 
that he only truly had one option  


and then 

they reward him

not only do they lift the shackles 

but they restore his possessions

no longer programmed by ignorance-- 

programmed by fear 




  