Free will .... Free will .... Determinism.
I'll start with talking the internal monologue which most of us think with and read to ourselves with.
An inner monologue, also called self talk, inner speach, inner discourse or internal discourse, is a person's inner voice which provides a running verbal monologue of thoughts while they are conscious. It is usually tied to a person's sense of self. It is particularly important in planning, problem solving, self-reflection, self-image, critical thinking, emotions, and subvocalization (reading in one's head). It may reflect both conscious and subconscious belief
Previously in humanity people we bicameral.
This condition of being divided into "two-chambers") is a hypothesis in psychology that argues that the human mind once operated in a state in which cognitive functions were divided between one part of the brain which appears to be "speaking", and a second part which listens and obeys.
If you were hungry for example you would not feel or think that you were hungry but instead would hear a voice telling you to go get food and eat and you would listen and act on it.
If you were living in a state of bicameralism you would have no free will you would be the slave of a monologue which you cannot control and therefore with a future neither free nor determined.
What if though psychology and (or) hypnosis you were able to tap into someone's dorment bicameral mind and become the voice they listen to. " IF " someone's path was pre determined or " IF " they had free will , could you strip them of either ?
Have corporations and government already acted on this ?
Possibly........