We're talking about Sci-Fi novels here. In Revelation Space, "Demarchists" are a faction of humanity that has embraced cybernetics as a means to implement "true

We're talking about Sci-Fi novels here. In Revelation Space, "Demarchists" are a faction of humanity that has embraced cybernetics as a means to implement "true democracy"; it's described as implants that continuously poll you without this actually being a conscious thought. And there are other factions in-universe that see this as a form of tyranny and call them zombies :) https://revelationspace.fandom.com/wiki/Demarchists https://revelationspace.fandom.com/wiki/Demarchists