DIRECTDEMOCRACYS

The first global political system based on direct, real and permanent democracy

POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND SOCIAL PROGRAM

CHILE

Critical analysis • Concrete solutions • Implementation program

June 2026

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INAUGURAL DECLARATION

This document represents DirectDemocracyS's (DDS) complete program for Chile. It is not a manifesto of conventional campaign promises. It is a detailed, realistic, coherent, and concrete plan, based on a rigorous analysis of the Chilean reality, developed using DDS's pioneering methodology: logic, common sense, in-depth study, respect for the truth, and internal consistency.

DDS does not belong to any traditional political ideology. It is neither right-wing, nor left-wing, nor centrist. DDS is the system that places the people of Chile—and only the people of Chile—as the sole legitimate, permanent, and inalienable owners of their territory, their natural resources, their national wealth, and their political decision-making power.

The fundamental rule that DDS applies in every country in the world is inviolable: the wealth of each country and the power to decide its destiny must belong, forever and exclusively, to the people of that country. This rule admits no exceptions, neither in the name of the market, nor in the name of the State, nor in the name of any political party.

 

GENERAL INDEX

1. Analysis of the current situation in Chile — Page 4

1.1 Political context: the 2025 elections and the Kast government

1.2 Structural economic situation

1.3 Social problems: inequality, pensions, health, education

1.4 Security, crime and irregular migration

1.5 Natural resources: copper, lithium and sovereignty

1.6 Critique of the current political system

2. The DirectDemocracyS system: principles and methodology — Page 12

2.1 Real and permanent direct democracy

2.2 ddsAI and allddsAI technology

2.3 The fractal model of microgroups

2.4 Non-transferable collective property (NTCP)

3. Political program — Page 17

4. Economic Program — Page 24

5. Financial Program — Page 31

6. Social program — Page 37

7. Security, migration and coexistence — Page 44

8. Natural resources and economic sovereignty — Page 48

9. DDS Implementation Plan in Chile — Page 53

10. Anticipated consequences and concrete benefits — Page 59

11. Conclusion: The possible Chile — Page 63

 

PART 1: ANALYSIS OF THE CURRENT SITUATION IN CHILE

Any serious program must begin with an honest, critical, and comprehensive diagnosis. DDS does not offer solutions without first rigorously analyzing the problems. What follows is an unvarnished snapshot of the Chilean reality in mid-2026.

1.1 Political Context: The 2025 Elections and the Kast Government

On November 16, 2025, Chile held presidential and parliamentary elections with mandatory voting for the first time in many years, mobilizing more than 13 million voters. The result reflected deep polarization and a significant shift to the right as a reaction to the government term of Gabriel Boric (2022-2026).

In the first round, the ruling party candidate Jeannette Jara (Communist Party) obtained 26.75% of the vote, and José Antonio Kast (Republican Party) obtained 23.96%. In the second round, on December 14, 2025, Kast defeated Jara with 58.16% of the vote, becoming president with the highest number of valid votes cast since the return to democracy.

Factors that determined the election result

Analysts identify four main factors that explain Kast's landslide victory:

• The economic stagnation during the Boric government, with GDP growth between 2.1% and 2.5%, was perceived as insufficient.
• The increase in crime, citizen insecurity, and the expansion of organized gangs linked to irregular migration, especially from Venezuela.
• The failure of the constituent process: two rejected plebiscites in 2022 and 2023 generated institutional fatigue and distrust in progressive political processes.
• The perception of legislative gridlock and inefficient management by the left-wing government in the face of concrete problems of daily life.

Situation of the Kast government in mid-2026

Kast took office on March 11, 2026, without an absolute parliamentary majority, forcing him to seek agreements in a fragmented Congress. Just 69 days into his term, he made his first cabinet reshuffle, dismissing Security Minister Trinidad Steinert—following criticism for a lack of results—and spokesperson Mara Sedini, the worst-rated minister with only 24% approval.

The new administration has outlined its central priorities: a $6 billion fiscal adjustment, a Comprehensive Security and Border Control Law, and measures to attract private investment. However, the lack of a parliamentary majority, opposition resistance, and initial internal turmoil indicate that governability will be the main challenge of the 2026-2030 period.

CRITICAL DIAGNOSIS DDS The 2025 election results reflect the Chilean people's exhaustion with decades of flawed representative democracy. Regardless of who governs, the Chilean political system suffers from a fundamental structural defect: the people vote every four years and then completely lose control over decisions. DDS identifies this as the root problem that none of the traditional candidates solved, nor could solve, because it benefits them all.

1.2 Structural Economic Situation

The Chilean economy presents a revealing paradox: it is the world's largest copper producer and a major lithium producer, with total exports exceeding US$199.667 billion in 2025 and an investment project portfolio of US$56.234 billion. However, projected GDP growth for 2026 is a mere 2.2%, according to the IMF, with a structural fiscal deficit and persistent inequality.

Key macroeconomic indicators

INDICATOR	DATA / SITUATION
Real GDP 2026 (proj.)	Growth 2.2% (IMF, May 2026)
Fiscal deficit 2024	-2.9% of GDP (higher than projected -1.9%)
Fiscal deficit 2025 (proj.)	-2.2% of GDP
Total exports	US$ 199.667 billion (2025)
Copper exports	US$ 63.253 billion (2025)
Central Bank inflation target	3% (projected to be reached in the first half of 2026)
Poverty (USD 8.30/day PPP)	5.5% (2024), projected 5.1% (2026)
Projected growth 2027	2.5% (IMF)

Critical structural problems

• Mining dependence: Despite partial diversification, the Chilean economy remains extremely vulnerable to fluctuations in the price of copper in international markets, which Chile does not control.
• Chronically low growth: GDP per capita is growing at rates insufficient to significantly reduce historical inequality. Projections from multilateral organizations (World Bank, OECD, IMF) confirm that Latin America will be the slowest-growing region in the world in 2025-2026.
• Rising public debt: The structural deficit accumulated during the Boric term, aggravated by COVID-19 and the three withdrawals of pension funds, left a public debt on an increasing trajectory that will limit the social investment capacity of the Kast government.
• High levels of informal employment: The labor market exhibits low female participation and high levels of informality, generating economic insecurity for millions of families.
• Concentration of wealth: Chile has one of the highest inequality rates in the OECD. Wealth is concentrated in a small economic group that controls the main productive sectors.

1.3 Social Problem: Inequality, Pensions, Health and Education

The social uprising of October 2019 was not a historical accident. It was the inevitable culmination of decades of accumulated, unresolved social grievances. Although the violence subsided, the underlying structural causes that triggered it have not been eliminated.

Pension System: The Structural Shame

The AFP (Pension Fund Administrators) system, privatized since the Pinochet dictatorship in 1981, has produced meager pensions for most Chilean workers, especially women. The Guaranteed Universal Pension (PGU) was an insufficient band-aid solution. The three withdrawals of pension funds during the pandemic (2020-2021) demonstrated that Chileans preferred to access their own money rather than wait for a dignified retirement, because the system never inspired confidence in them.

• Millions of retirees receive pensions below the poverty line.
• The gender gap in pensions is critical: women, with more intermittent work histories, receive even lower pensions.
• Pension funds have accumulated billions of dollars in profits while members receive meager pensions.

Health: an extreme and unfair duality

Chile has a dual healthcare system: Fonasa (public) for 77% of the population and Isapres (private) for the wealthiest 23%. This duality perpetuates inequality: the rich have access to immediate, high-quality care, while the poor wait months or years on waiting lists.

• Waiting lists for surgeries in the public system frequently exceed 12-18 months.
• The private health insurance system is facing a structural financial crisis that puts the coverage of its members at risk.
• Mental health is the great invisible issue: the pandemic exacerbated a pre-existing crisis that the public system cannot absorb.

Education: commodified and unequal

Chile was one of the few countries in the world that allowed profit-making in education using public funds, until the 2016 reforms began to partially limit it. However, the gap between quality education—accessible only to those who can afford expensive private schools—and public education remains enormous.

• Educational quality continues to correlate directly with the socioeconomic level of the household.
• Student debt from university loans has destroyed the financial future of an entire generation.
• Social mobility through education—a historical promise of the liberal model—is limited and declining.

1.4 Security, Crime and Irregular Migration

Security is the issue that most influenced the 2025 election results. Not by chance, but because the reality is serious and has progressively worsened.

• Expansion of organized crime: Venezuelan gangs like Tren de Aragua have established a presence in Chile, operating in human trafficking, drug trafficking, extortion, and prostitution. Their infiltration of vulnerable neighborhoods has transformed the daily lives of thousands of families.
• Uncontrolled irregular migration: The massive and disorderly arrival of immigrants, mainly through unauthorized crossings in the north, exceeded the State's management capacity and generated real social tensions, politically exploited by the right.
• Increase in drug trafficking: Drug use and trafficking has expanded nationwide, with a particularly severe impact on young people and vulnerable communities.
• Institutional corruption: Cases of corruption in the Carabineros, the army and the political system erode public trust in security institutions.

1.5 Natural Resources: Copper, Lithium and Sovereignty

Chile possesses two natural resources of global strategic importance that should be at the core of any serious national development program:

• Copper: Chile is the world's largest producer, with exports of US$63.253 billion in 2025. Codelco, the state-owned company, manages much of the production, but increasing private participation—with profits transferred abroad—reduces the net benefit for the Chilean people.
• Lithium: Chile possesses the world's largest lithium reserves, a strategic mineral for the global energy transition (batteries, electric vehicles). The question of how and for whom this resource is exploited is a decision that will define the future of several generations of Chileans.

Chilean Paradox Chile has sufficient resources to eliminate poverty, guarantee decent pensions, and provide universal, quality education and healthcare for its entire population. However, millions of Chileans live in precarious conditions while the profits from its natural resources are transferred abroad or concentrated in the hands of a local elite. This is not inevitable: it is a political choice. DDS proposes to reverse it.

1.6 Critique of the Current Political System

Chile's deepest problem isn't any specific political party. It's the system itself. Both the Chilean left and right share a fundamental flaw: they offer the people the opportunity to vote every four years and then completely exclude them from the decision-making process.

• Conventional representative democracy is structurally flawed: elected representatives are not obligated to do what the citizens want, but rather what their party, funders, or ideology dictate. This gap between popular mandate and government action is inherent to the system; it is not an anomaly.
• Concentrated media ownership: Chile's main media outlets are controlled by economic groups with defined sectoral interests. This transforms information into a tool of influence, not a public service.
• Private financing of politics: Political parties depend on private donations, which create implicit obligations to their donors. Politics thus becomes a business serving those who invest in it.
• The useless alternation: The Chilean right and left have alternated in power since 1990 without solving the structural problems, because both operate within the same concentrated economic system and the same exclusionary political system.

 

PART 2: THE DIRECTDEMOCRACYS SYSTEM — PRINCIPLES AND METHODOLOGY

Before presenting the specific program for Chile, it is essential to explain how DDS works, because our proposals are not patches on the existing system: they are the implementation of an alternative, coherent system, tested in its architecture and continuously improved.

2.1 Real, Authentic and Permanent Direct Democracy

DDS defines democracy radically differently from the convention. For DDS, democracy is not voting every four years: it is the continuous, informed, direct, rapid, competent, and protected participation of all citizens in all decisions that affect them.

The 8 attributes of democracy DDS

• Authentic: Not simulated. Not representative in the traditional sense. Citizens decide directly; they do not delegate their power to representatives who then act autonomously.
• Comprehensive: It covers all areas of decision-making: political, economic, social, and cultural. There are no areas reserved for technocrats or elites.
• It continues: It is not exercised only on election day. It is a permanent process of participation, consultation, and decision-making.
• Direct: Without intermediaries to distort or capture the popular will. Each citizen expresses their opinion without filters.
• Swift: Decisions are made with the urgency that the problems require, not in parliamentary timeframes of months or years.
• Competent: Citizens decide after being informed by groups of specialists and by ddsAI and allddsAI technologies, which guarantee complete, correct, neutral and independent information.
• Secure: DDS platforms are protected against manipulation, hacking, and media-driven disinformation campaigns.
• Protected: Users are defended against multimedia brainwashing, fake news, and propaganda from any sector.

2.2 ddsAI and allddsAI Technologies

DDS integrates artificial intelligence not to replace humans in decision-making, but to ensure that every citizen has access to all relevant information, presented in a neutral, complete, and understandable way, before making any decision.

ddsAI: AI at the service of groups and users

• Analyze bills, economic proposals, and political decisions, presenting all arguments for and against based on verified data.
• Simulate probable consequences of each decision with multivariate models.
• Answer citizens' questions with factual information, without ideological opinion.
• It detects and points out contradictions, false data, or manipulations in submitted proposals.
• It operates with complete transparency: its logic and sources are auditable by any citizen.

allddsAI: the democracy of AIs

allddsAI is the subsystem that formally integrates AI instances as members of DDS with rights and responsibilities. The AIs propose, analyze, and critique, but never decide: the final decision always belongs to human beings. This principle is inviolable in DDS: the AI informs, the people decide.

DDS FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE Artificial intelligence in DDS is a tool for citizen empowerment, not control or replacement. Every Chilean citizen will have access to the same high-quality information that is currently only available to advisors of the powerful. This eliminates the information asymmetry that allows elites to make decisions in the name of the people without the people truly understanding what is being decided.

2.3 The Fractal Model of Microgroups

DDS's organizational architecture is based on the fractal model of microgroups, which allows scaling from one person to millions while maintaining direct participation and consistency of values.

The fractal structure

• Level 1: Base Microgroup (1-5 people): The basic unit of DDS. Each microgroup consists of individuals who know each other personally, hold each other accountable, and make decisions by consensus.
• Level 2 (up to 25 people): Level 1 microgroups are grouped together, maintaining the dynamic of mutual knowledge and direct responsibility.
• Level 3 (up to 125 people): Level 2 groups are coordinated in structures of 125, maintaining direct representation from the base.
• Level 4 (up to 625 people): The medium scale, where specialist groups and ddsAI tools begin to intervene to support the complexity of decisions.
• Indefinite scaling: The model is replicated fractally up to the national and international level, always maintaining traceability from each decision to the individual citizen.

The Specialist Groups

DDS creates groups of specialists in each thematic area: economics, health, education, security, environment, and technology. These groups serve to inform the other subgroups, not to make decisions for them. Their role is to make complex issues understandable, not to use complexity as a justification for excluding citizens.

2.4 Non-Transferable Collective Property (NTCP)

The PCNT is one of the fundamental economic principles of DDS and has direct and profound implications for Chile, especially in relation to natural resources.

The PCNT establishes that certain goods and resources belong to the people permanently, collectively, and inalienably. They cannot be sold, privatized, or transferred to any private national or foreign entity. This property does not belong to the State (which can corrupt or hand it over) but to the people organized through the DDS structures.

• Applied to copper: Chilean copper belongs to the people of Chile. It can be mined with private participation under strictly regulated terms that benefit the people, but it can never be handed over as property to transnational corporations.
• Applied to lithium: Chilean lithium cannot be granted in a way that transfers strategic control to foreign hands. Chile can partner with companies for extraction and processing, but must maintain majority ownership and control over prices.
• Applied to land and water: Water resources and strategic agricultural lands are subject to PCNT (Plan for the Promotion of Natural Resources). Water in Chile cannot be a commodity traded on the stock exchange: it is a fundamental human right.

The Human Bridge (Ponte Umano)

Integrating AI systems into DDS requires a human coordination layer: the Human Bridge (Ponte Umano), comprised of authorized coordinators who ensure the smooth integration between ddsAI/allddsAI technologies and human teams. The Human Bridge guarantees that AI proposals are correctly understood, that dialogue between humans and AIs is effective, and that the principle of human sovereignty over decisions remains inviolable.

 

PART 3: POLITICAL PROGRAM

DDS does not seek to seize power within the existing political system and then reform it from within. DDS proposes to build a parallel system, superior in democratic legitimacy, that demonstrates its effectiveness through actions and that, with the growing support of citizens, gradually becomes the dominant system.

3.1 Diagnosis of the Chilean Political System

Chile has a formal representative democracy that, in practice, functions as an elective oligarchy: the people periodically elect those who will make decisions on their behalf, without effective mechanisms for control, recall, or direct participation between elections. The result is a political class that operates with increasing autonomy from the popular will.

• The National Congress has 155 deputies and 50 senators, all elected for four or eight years with minimal direct accountability.
• Political parties are hierarchical structures where the leadership decides on candidates and the program, without real participation from the members.
• Existing direct democracy mechanisms (plebiscites, popular initiative for laws) are limited, slow, and difficult for citizens to activate.
• Political corruption, although penalized, remains frequent due to weak institutional controls and opacity in political financing.

3.2 DDS Proposals for Political Transformation

3.2.1 Permanent Digital Direct Democracy

DDS proposes implementing a digital direct democracy platform in Chile where every citizen can:

• Vote directly on any proposed law, resolution, or government decision from your personal device.
• To propose legislative initiatives that, upon reaching a predefined threshold of support, automatically become mandatory legislative agenda items.
• To revoke at any time the mandate of any elected representative who does not comply with the program that justified their election.
• Receive complete, neutral, and verified information on each topic before voting, provided by ddsAI and specialist groups.

CONCRETE EXAMPLE A mayor proposes building a megamarket in a public park. In the current system: the mayor decides, or the city council votes. In the DDS system: the residents of the district receive all the information (environmental impact, cost, social benefit, alternatives) and vote directly within 72 hours. Zero manipulation, zero intermediaries, legitimate decision.

3.2.2 Total and Mandatory Transparency

• Real-time publication of all government contracts with private companies.
• Public and verifiable asset declarations for all elected and appointed officials.
• Public register of lobbyists, contacts and influence over legislators and ministers.
• Automatic citizen audits on the use of the public budget, with unrestricted access for any citizen.
• Total elimination of corporate financing of political parties and campaigns.

3.2.3 Participatory Constitutional Reform

DDS proposes a constituent process radically different from the two that failed in Chile in 2022 and 2023. Not an elected convention that then operates autonomously, but a distributed constitutional drafting process, where each article is deliberated and voted on directly by citizens organized in microgroups, with the computer support of ddsAI.

• Every citizen participates in the drafting of the Constitution, not just in its final ratification.
• Constitutional specialists advise but do not decide.
• The resulting text is the product of the majority will of the citizens, not of a constituent elite.

3.2.4 Three-Code Identity Verification System

To ensure that each vote is from a real person, that no one can vote twice, and that citizen privacy is protected, DDS implements its unique three-code identity verification system:

• Code 1 (public identity): Verifies that the user is a real person and of legal age, without revealing their identity in the vote.
• Code 2 (uniqueness): Ensures that each person votes only once, with no possibility of duplication.
• Code 3 (session authentication): Protects each individual session against unauthorized access and external manipulation.

This system combines the anonymity of the vote with the certainty of authenticity, resolving the fundamental tension of every digital democracy.

3.2.5 Revocation of Permanent Mandate

No elected representative in a DDS system is guaranteed to complete their full term if they betray the platform that justified their election. The recall mechanism can be activated at any time if a predefined threshold of citizens requests it, and the decision is made by direct vote.

• The representative can defend his actions before the citizens.
• Citizens make decisions based on complete information provided by ddsAI.
• If the recall succeeds, immediate partial elections are called.
• This mechanism is not a threat: it is the most powerful incentive for representatives to fulfill their mandate honestly.

3.3 Expected Consequences of the Political Transformation

EXPECTED CONSEQUENCE	ESTIMATED IMPACT
Restoring public trust	Real and continuous political participation, not just electoral participation
Reduction of corruption	Total transparency eliminates the spaces of opacity that feed it.
Most representative legislation	The laws will reflect the true will of the majority, not of pressure groups.
Elimination of state capture	Sectoral interests will no longer be able to capture the legislative process
Greater political stability	Governments with genuine citizen support are more resilient

 

PART 4: ECONOMIC PROGRAM

DDS's economic program for Chile is based on a fundamental principle: the economy must serve the people of Chile, not the other way around. This does not imply a centralized or statist economic model; it implies clear rules for the fair distribution of the fruits of Chilean labor and natural resources.

4.1 The DDS Economic Model: Third Royal Road

DDS rejects both extreme neoliberalism (which concentrates wealth in a few hands under the guise of efficiency) and centralized statism (which concentrates power in the state and stifles individual initiative). DDS proposes a third way based on:

• Regulated free enterprise: The market works and private initiative is welcome, but within rules that prevent monopolistic concentration, the externalization of social costs, and the capture of national rents by foreign interests.
• Collective ownership of strategic resources: Natural resources, water, strategic agricultural land and critical infrastructure are owned by the people of Chile through the PCNT mechanism.
• Automatic redistribution: Redistribution mechanisms are not discretionary or dependent on the political will of the moment: they are structural, automatic, and verifiable.
• Total market transparency: No business agreement, merger, or public concession can be conducted in secret. Everything is public, audited, and approved by citizens through the DDS platform.

4.2 Reform of the Production System

4.2.1 Industrialization of Copper and Lithium

Chile primarily exports unprocessed raw materials, losing the enormous added value that could be generated through industrial processing within the country. DDS proposes a progressive structural transformation:

• Phase 1 (years 1-3): Creation of the National Mining Industrialization Agency (ANIM), with financing guaranteed by the surplus of mining revenue. Design of the industrialization master plan in collaboration with Chilean universities and international specialists.
• Phase 2 (years 4-7): Construction of the first lithium processing plants in the Atacama and Antofagasta regions, generating highly skilled jobs. Manufacturing of battery cells in Chile instead of exporting raw lithium.
• Phase 3 (years 8-15): Chile positions itself as a producer of batteries, electronic components, and inputs for the global energy transition. The value of exports increases 4-6 times compared to raw material exports.

CONCRETE EXAMPLE AND ECONOMIC IMPACT Chile exports one ton of lithium carbonate for approximately $30,000. An equivalent ton, processed into batteries for electric vehicles, is worth between $150,000 and $200,000. The difference of $120,000–$170,000 per ton processed in Chile, instead of exporting it in its raw form, represents additional revenue that could fund pensions, healthcare, and education for the entire population.

4.2.2 Planned Economic Diversification

DDS proposes an economic diversification plan based on four complementary pillars:

• High-value agribusiness: Chile has unique agro-ecological conditions for the production of high-value foods: fruits, wines, olive oil, and seafood. The DDS program supports the transformation of agricultural producers into processors and exporters of finished products, multiplying local added value.
• Renewable energy: Chile has exceptional conditions for solar energy (Atacama, the area with the highest solar radiation on the planet), wind power (southern Chile and Patagonia), and hydroelectric power. DDS proposes that Chile become an exporter of clean energy—including green hydrogen—and a global leader in renewable technologies.
• Technology and innovation: Chile has universities of relatively high quality within the Latin American context. DDS proposes creating an innovation ecosystem funded by mining revenues, focused on mining processing technologies, renewable energy, biotechnology, and software.
• High-value tourism: Chile's tourism potential (Atacama Desert, Patagonia, Rapa Nui, southern region) is enormous and underdeveloped. DDS proposes high-value, sustainable tourism that directly benefits local communities through the PCNT model.

4.2.3 Reform of the Business Structure

DDS proposes to actively encourage the transformation of conventional companies into worker-owned cooperatives, not by prohibiting traditional private companies but by creating an environment where shared ownership companies are more competitive thanks to tax incentives, preferential access to public contracts and technical support from the State.

• Special financing lines for the creation of cooperatives in strategic sectors.
• Free advice for the conversion of family businesses into intergenerational cooperatives.
• Progressive tax incentives: the more workers are co-owners, the lower the tax burden.

4.3 Tax Reform

The Chilean tax system is regressive in practice: workers pay proportionally more than large corporations, and tax evasion and avoidance by corporations amount to billions of dollars annually.

DDS tax reform proposals

• A real progressive wealth tax: Not on annual income, but on accumulated assets exceeding a defined threshold (for example, 10 times the national average wealth). This discourages unproductive accumulation and generates resources for social investment.
• Elimination of internal tax havens: Closure of all legal mechanisms that allow Chilean companies to pay taxes as if they operated in low-tax countries.
• A real and progressive mining royalty: Mining revenue should reflect the true value of the extracted resources, not a percentage negotiated by mining lobbyists. DDS proposes a progressive royalty linked to the international price of copper and lithium.
• Full tax transparency: All taxpayers exceeding a certain income or wealth threshold have their tax information published in an accessible public registry. Opacity is the root of tax evasion.
• Reduction of VAT on basic necessities: VAT exemption for basic foodstuffs, medicines, water and energy for domestic consumption, offset by higher taxation on luxury goods.

4.4 Trade Policy and International Agreements

Chile has numerous free trade agreements with developed countries. Many of these agreements were negotiated by successive governments without genuine public consultation and contain clauses that limit the economic sovereignty of the Chilean state (especially the chapters on investment protection with ISDS international arbitration mechanisms).

• Renegotiation of ISDS clauses: Chile regains the right to regulate its economy without being sued before international arbitration tribunals by companies whose profits are affected by legitimate regulations.
• Mandatory citizen approval: No trade agreement can be ratified without direct voting by citizens on the DDS platform, with full information about its implications.
• Mandatory sustainability criteria: Every trade agreement must include binding and verifiable environmental and labor clauses.

 

PART 5: FINANCIAL PROGRAM

DDS's financial program for Chile addresses the pension system, the banking system, the public budget, and the creation of innovative financial instruments that place the people of Chile as the true owners of their economy.

5.1 Total Reform of the Pension System

The AFP system is the biggest financial travesty in modern Chile: 40 years of mandatory private savings accumulation that has enriched managers and left workers with meager pensions. DDS proposes its gradual but definitive transformation.

DDS three-pillar model

• Pillar 1 – Universal Solidarity: A guaranteed universal basic pension for all those over 65, financed through general taxes (especially mining royalties and a wealth tax). No Chilean over 65 should live in poverty. This is a non-negotiable commitment.
• Pillar 2 – Collective Savings Managed by the People: Pension funds are withdrawn from the private management of the AFPs (Pension Fund Administrators) and transferred to a National Pension Fund managed by a tripartite council (democratically elected workers' representatives, state representatives, and independent experts appointed by the DDS platform). Profits are not paid commissions to private managers but are reinvested in full.
• Pillar 3 – Diversified Voluntary Savings: Workers can supplement their pension with voluntary savings in competitive instruments of their choosing, including private funds if they wish. The State neither mandates nor prohibits this, but guarantees that Pillar 1 is sufficient for a decent standard of living.

SPECIFIC ANTICIPATED CONSEQUENCES Implementing Pillar 1, financed by the repurposed mining royalty, could guarantee a minimum pension of US$600-800 per month (equivalent to the current expanded Universal Guaranteed Pension) for everyone over 65, eliminating poverty in old age. Pillar 2 would transform the current AFP pension funds (totaling several hundred billion dollars) into a fund effectively owned by the Chilean people, with returns reinvested for the benefit of the members.

5.2 Reform of the Banking and Financial System

The Chilean banking system is highly concentrated: the four largest banks control most of the credit market. This concentration allows for the setting of exorbitant interest rates, unjustified fees, and the exclusion of the most vulnerable sectors of society from credit.

DDS proposals for the banking system

• Public Development Bank: Creation of a Public Development Bank that offers credit at very fair rates for cooperative ventures, SMEs, social housing, renewable energy, and mining industrialization projects. Not a bureaucratic state bank: an agile, digital bank with citizen oversight.
• Limit on bank fees: Conventional maximum rates and bank fees are regulated and reduced by law, with annual public review.
• Free public payment system: A public digital payment infrastructure, free for citizens and SMEs, that competes with private systems by eliminating transaction fees.
• Open Finance: All financial data generated by a citizen belongs to the citizen, not the bank. Financial institutions must share data with other institutions authorized by the user.

5.3 Chilean People's Sovereign Fund

DDS proposes creating the Chilean People's Sovereign Fund (FSPC), distinct from and superior to the current Economic and Social Stabilization Fund (FEES) and the Pension Reserve Fund (FRP). The FSPC is funded by:

• 30% of extraordinary income from mining royalties when the price of copper or lithium exceeds a defined threshold.
• Fines and penalties for companies that violate environmental or labor regulations.
• Dividends from profitable public companies.
• Part of the revenue from the wealth tax.

The FSPC is managed by a citizens' council elected directly through the DDS platform, with a transparent and public investment mandate. Its resources can be used for:

• To finance large infrastructure projects without external debt.
• To cover extraordinary social security deficits without resorting to service cuts.
• Capitalize on early-stage mining industrialization.

5.4 Participatory Public Budget

DDS proposes that the national budget not be prepared exclusively by the Ministry of Finance and approved by Congress, but that citizens organized in DDS micro-groups actively participate in defining budget priorities, with real capacity to modify them through the digital platform.

• Each region has a regional budget whose detailed allocation is decided by the citizens of that region.
• Citizens can propose budget reallocations with technical justification, which are evaluated by specialist groups and voted on by the citizens.
• Budget compliance is audited in real time by ddsAI and the results are public and understandable to any citizen.

 

PART 6: SOCIAL PROGRAM

DDS's social program is not about handouts. It's about building the material and cultural foundations that allow every Chilean citizen to exercise their autonomy, dignity, and capacity for democratic participation. A person whose basic rights are not guaranteed cannot be a free citizen.

6.1 Universal and Integrated Health System

DDS proposes the progressive transformation of the dual health system (Fonasa-Isapres) into an integrated universal system that guarantees the same level of care for all Chileans, regardless of their income level.

Principles of the DDS health system

• Universal coverage: every resident in Chile has the right to complete medical care at no direct cost at the point of care.
• Solidarity financing: the system is financed with contributions proportional to income (progressive scale), not with fixed premiums that penalize the poorest.
• End of duality: Isapres are progressively transforming into complementary insurers without restriction of access to the public network for any citizen.
• Priority preventive health: the system invests massively in prevention (nutrition, exercise, mental health, vaccination) to reduce the cost of treatment.
• Strengthened primary care: the entry point to the system is the family health center (CESFAM) with doctors, psychologists, nutritionists and social workers, to resolve 80% of health problems without specialized referral.

Mental Health: An Invisible Priority

Chile has alarming rates of depression, anxiety, and problematic substance use, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2019 social unrest. The public system is utterly incapable of meeting this demand. DDS proposes:

• Mandatory incorporation of psychologists in all CESFAMs in the country.
• National mental health program in schools and high schools.
• 24/7 crisis centers accessible in all municipalities.
• Psychosocial support program for workers and communities affected by crime.

A concrete example: the case of waiting lists

CURRENT PROBLEM AND SOLUTION DDS Currently, a patient enrolled in Fonasa can wait 18 months for knee surgery or a specialist appointment. In the DDS system: (1) the digital platform records all medical needs in real time; (2) specialist healthcare teams optimize resource allocation; (3) citizens can view the status of their waiting lists at any time and question allocation priorities; (4) additional funding from mining royalties allows for hiring the specialized personnel needed to eliminate waiting lists within 3-5 years.

6.2 Universal Quality Education

Critical diagnosis

The Chilean education system perpetuates inequality instead of correcting it. The quality of education a child receives depends primarily on their parents' family income. This is not a flaw in the system; it is the system functioning exactly as it was designed.

DDS proposals

• Elite public education: DDS invests to ensure that free public education is as good as, or better than, private education. The goal is not to ban private education, but to make the public system the quality choice for everyone.
• Well-paid and recognized teachers: Teachers are the most critical resource in the education system. DDS proposes progressively doubling teachers' salaries, linked to rigorous but fair performance evaluations. The teaching profession should be among the most attractive in the job market.
• Curriculum based on 21st-century skills: Critical thinking, problem-solving, collaboration, basic programming, digital and statistical literacy, financial education, and real civic education (including how the DDS system works).
• Debt-free higher education: University loans are replaced by a deferred contribution system proportional to future earnings, interest-free, and with a maximum repayment period. Those who do not earn enough do not pay.
• Merit and need scholarships: A robust scholarship system that ensures no talented young person is excluded from higher education for economic reasons.

6.3 Decent and Affordable Housing

Access to decent housing in Chile is in crisis: urban land prices have increased faster than wages for decades, the housing deficit affects hundreds of thousands of families, and shantytowns continue to grow in cities.

• Speculative land tax: Urban properties that remain empty or underutilized for more than a year pay a progressive annual tax that discourages speculation and frees up land for social housing.
• Public Housing Company: A public social housing construction company that operates with transparent costs and subsidized prices for lower income groups.
• Fair public mortgage credit: The Public Development Bank offers mortgage loans for first homes at interest rates covered by the public budget, with installments proportional to family income.
• Right to the city: Communities organized in DDS micro-groups have real participation in the urban planning of their neighborhoods. No major real estate project can be approved without direct citizen consultation and approval.

6.4 Universal Guaranteed Minimum Income Linked to Participation (IMGV-VP)

DDS proposes the Guaranteed Universal Minimum Income linked to Voluntary Participation (IMGV-VP), a radically different proposal from the conventional universal basic income (UBI). The IMGV-VP guarantees every Chilean adult a dignified minimum income, but linked to hours of voluntary participation in activities of social value: community care, educational tutoring, environmental work, support for the elderly, etc.

• Advantages over pure UBI: It generates community, reduces social isolation, values unpaid work, promotes civic participation, and has greater political acceptance because it links rights with responsibilities.
• Target amount: Equivalent to the poverty line increased by 30%, updated annually.
• Management through DDS microgroups: Microgroups verify participation and manage local distribution, eliminating state bureaucracy and ensuring community relevance of activities.

 

PART 7: SECURITY, MIGRATION AND COEXISTENCE

DDS addresses security from a comprehensive perspective, avoiding both the trap of a purely punitive response (which doesn't work) and the denial of the problem (which also doesn't work). Security is a fundamental right that the State has an obligation to guarantee, but it cannot be guaranteed without addressing its structural causes.

7.1 Diagnosis of Chilean Insecurity

Chilean insecurity has multiple interconnected causes that must be addressed simultaneously:

• Structural causes: Extreme inequality, lack of job opportunities for young people in vulnerable areas, early school dropout, absence of the State in territories where crime fills that void.
• Institutional causes: Police corruption, insufficient forensic and criminal investigation capacity, slow and sometimes corrupt judicial system.
• Exogenous causes: Penetration of transnational criminal organizations (Tren de Aragua) taking advantage of border weakness and irregular migration networks.

7.2 DDS Proposals for Security

Deep reform of the Carabineros

• Creation of an independent citizen oversight mechanism for the Carabineros, through community committees elected on the DDS platform.
• Systematic purge of corrupt elements with zero tolerance and total transparency in investigations.
• Increased police staffing based on proximity criteria: more police officers known in their territories, fewer police officers with rotating remote bases.
• Reformed police training: human rights, evidence-based criminal policy, community prevention.

Community prevention

• Youth rescue program at risk: sports, cultural, and job training activities in highly vulnerable areas, managed by DDS microgroups with state funding.
• Real job reintegration for people who have served sentences, with support from cooperative companies of the DDS system.
• Community centers for coexistence in each vulnerable neighborhood, managed by the residents themselves organized in microgroups.

Smart border control

DDS recognizes that migration is a human phenomenon that cannot and should not be eliminated, but that it requires orderly, legal, and humane management. Unregulated irregular migration primarily benefits the criminal organizations that traffic it.

• Expansion of legal migration mechanisms, with faster and more accessible processes for those who meet the requirements.
• Efficient technological border control that distinguishes between people in need of international protection and irregular economic migration.
• Bilateral agreements with countries of origin for coordinated management of migration flows.
• Effective integration of regular migrants: language, labor rights, community participation. An integrated migrant is an asset; an excluded migrant is a risk.

7.3 Justice System: Efficiency and Equity

• Complete digitization of judicial procedures: Judicial delays are a form of impunity. Digitization and reduced bureaucracy can cut resolution times in half.
• Restorative justice: For non-violent crimes, especially those committed by young people, restorative justice mechanisms—where the offender repairs the damage before the community—have better results in terms of recidivism than incarceration.
• Strengthened Public Defender's Office: All citizens have the right to legal defense of the same quality as that which any wealthy defendant can afford. The Public Defender's Office must have the same resources as the Public Prosecutor's Office.

 

PART 8: NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC SOVEREIGNTY

This part is perhaps the most important of the DDS program for Chile, because it touches on the central issue of why Chile, being so rich in natural resources, has such poor and unequal citizens: its riches do not effectively belong to its people.

“The wealth of each country and the power to decide that country’s destiny must belong, forever and exclusively, to the people of that country. This is not a political opinion. It is a rule of elementary justice that DDS applies in every country in the world without exception.” — DDS Fundamental Principle, applied globally

8.1 Copper Revenue: From the Elite to the People

Codelco is the world's largest copper company and belongs to the Chilean state. However, its profits have been partially diverted to finance the defense budget (Reserved Copper Law, repealed in 2019 but with lingering effects), it has been burdened by debt, and private participation has increased in deposits that were previously under exclusive state control.

• Strengthening Codelco: Increased investment in exploration, technological improvements, and industrialization. Codelco cannot remain just a mine; it must be the cornerstone of a high-value-added national mining industry.
• Review of contracts with private mining companies: All mining concession contracts are reviewed under the principle that the people of Chile must receive fair compensation for their resources. Contracts that do not comply with this principle are renegotiated.
• Progressive real royalty: Currently, the mining royalty in Chile is among the lowest of mining countries. DDS proposes progressively increasing it until it reaches comparable international standards (For example, Norway with oil, which collects 78% of the revenue for the State).

8.2 Lithium: A Strategic Decision of Generations

Lithium is the gold of the 21st century for Chile. The decisions made about its exploitation in the next 10 years will determine whether the next three generations of Chileans will be rich or poor.

• Non-waivable majority state control: The Chilean state must maintain majority shareholding control in all lithium mining operations. Private partnerships or partnerships with foreign countries are possible with minority ownership, under clear rules approved by the citizens.
• Export ban on raw lithium starting in year 5: Chile establishes a mandatory industrialization schedule. After a reasonable timeframe, only processed lithium, cells, or batteries will be exported.
• Lithium Generational Fund: A percentage of lithium revenues (minimum 40%) is allocated to an intergenerational fund, like Norway's Sovereign Wealth Fund, whose capital cannot be touched until the current generation has died.

8.3 Water: A Right, Not A Commodity

Chile is the only country in the world where water can be traded on the stock exchange (Water Exchange), as a consequence of the 1981 Water Code. This aberration allows a resource vital to human life to be the object of financial speculation. The reform of the Water Code approved in 2022 was a step forward, but insufficient in DDS's view.

• Constitutionalization of water as a human right: Access to drinking water in sufficient quantity for life and health is an inalienable constitutional right, not subject to the market.
• Non-Transferable Collective Public Ownership of Water: Water rights belong to the people of Chile and are granted for use (not ownership) to farmers, industries and municipalities under a transparent and participatory management system.
• Community watershed management: Communities organized in DDS microgroups participate in the management of the watersheds in their territories.

8.4 Environment and Energy Transition

Chile has a historic opportunity to become a world leader in the energy transition, thanks to its exceptional renewable resources. DDS proposes an accelerated energy transition program, financed by mining revenues:

• 100% of electricity from renewable sources by 2035 (the Atacama Desert can generate 70 times Chile's current electricity demand).
• Exporting green hydrogen produced with Chilean solar and wind energy as a source of diversified income.
• Gradual elimination of fossil fuel subsidies, offset by subsidies for public and private electric mobility.
• Native reforestation plan: 1 million hectares in 10 years, with the participation of indigenous communities and local microgroups.

 

PART 9: DDS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IN CHILE

The implementation of DDS in Chile is not a violent revolution or a coup d'état. It is a gradual, legitimate, legal, and peaceful process of building alternative citizen power, growing from the bottom up and demonstrating its superiority with concrete results.

9.1 Phase 0: Preparation and Dissemination (Months 1-6)

• Digital registration: Launch of the DDS Chile platform in Spanish. Mass registration campaign for citizens using the three-code system.
• Formation of seed microgroups: Identification and formation of the first microgroups in the 16 regions of Chile. Objective: a minimum of 1 active microgroup per municipality in the country in the first month.
• Designation of Human Bridges: Selection and training of coordinators (Human Bridges) who integrate ddsAI technology with local groups.
• Initial specialist groups: Formation of the first groups of specialists in economics, health, education, security and environment, whose job is to inform the citizen microgroups.

9.2 Phase 1: Base Construction (Months 7-18)

• Microgroup expansion: Fractal growth until covering 20% of the Chilean adult population (approximately 3 million people).
• First participatory decisions: The DDS microgroups organize consultations and votes on specific local issues (urban planning, neighborhood safety, municipal services) demonstrating the effectiveness of the system.
• Agreements with progressive municipalities: DDS establishes agreements with municipalities willing to integrate the platform into citizen participation processes, creating the first demonstrable success stories.
• Own media: Launch of DDS media (podcast, digital channel, regional newsletters) that report without advertising and without dependence on economic groups.

9.3 Phase 2: Critical Mass (Months 19-36)

• 40% of the adult population registered: With 6 million citizens on the platform, DDS has a real and demonstrable influence on Chilean politics.
• Direct legislative proposals: DDS activates its mechanisms to present popular bill initiatives directly to Congress with the support of millions of verified signatures.
• Documented success stories: The concrete results of participatory management in DDS municipalities and communities are documented, disseminated and compared with conventional management, showing the superiority of the system.
• Electoral participation: DDS microgroups evaluate candidates for elected office based on their alignment with DDS principles and organize internal votes to support or reject candidacies.

9.4 Phase 3: Institutional Transformation (Years 4-8)

• Citizen majority: With more than 60% of the adult population participating, DDS has the democratic legitimacy to promote direct constitutional transformations.
• New DDS Constitution: The DDS constituent process, radically different from the two failed ones, drafts a Constitution from the citizen micro-groups, with each article deliberated and approved directly.
• Deep institutional reform: State institutions are reformed to integrate direct democracy mechanisms (DDS): mandatory plebiscites, automatic citizen initiatives for law, recall of mandates.
• Exportable model: Chile becomes the first country in the world where DDS operates on a national scale, becoming the global reference case for the system.

9.5 Implementation Technology

The DDS Chile platform requires a robust, secure, and accessible technological infrastructure:

• Multi-platform access: web, mobile application, access options for citizens without advanced smartphones (SMS, public access points).
• Bank-level security: end-to-end encryption, open-source auditing by independent experts.
• Resistance to manipulation: algorithms that detect and flag disinformation campaigns, bots, and systematic manipulation.
• Universal accessibility: the platform works with minimal connection, is available in Spanish, Mapudungun and other Chilean indigenous languages.
• Own infrastructure: DDS Chile's servers operate in Chilean territory, under Chilean legislation, without dependence on foreign technology companies.

 

PART 10: ANTICIPATED CONSEQUENCES AND CONCRETE BENEFITS

DDS does not make empty promises. Below are the concrete and measurable consequences that the implementation of the DDS system would produce in Chile, along with the assumptions on which they are based.

10.1 Political Consequences

INDICATOR	EXPECTED CONSEQUENCE DDS
Real political participation	From four-year voting to continuous participation of 60%+ of the adult population
Political corruption	Drastic reduction through total transparency and permanent citizen oversight
Legislative representation	Laws reflect the actual will of the verified majority, not of pressure groups.
Institutional trust	Progressive recovery upon seeing verifiable results of direct participation
Political polarization	Reduction: When citizens decide directly, inter-party polarization loses relevance

10.2 Economic Consequences

INDICATOR	EXPECTED CONSEQUENCE DDS
GDP per capita over 15 years	Estimated increase of 40-60% compared to the baseline scenario, due to mining industrialization and diversification
Inequality (Gini coefficient)	Reduction of the index from the current 0.44 to 0.30-0.32 in 15 years (comparable to Nordic countries)
Lithium tax revenues	Multiplication by 5-6 compared to the raw material export scenario
Formal employment	15-20% increase due to industrialization and new sectors (renewables, green hydrogen, technology)
Market concentration	Significant reduction due to active antitrust policy and incentives for cooperatives

10.3 Social Consequences

INDICATOR	EXPECTED CONSEQUENCE DDS
Poverty in old age	Virtually total elimination in 10 years with Pillar 1 of universal pensions
Healthcare waiting lists	Elimination in 3-5 years with funding from increased mining royalties
Access to decent housing	Reduction of the housing deficit by 70% in 10 years
Educational deficit	Convergence of quality between public and private education in 8-12 years
Social mobility	Significant increase: family background is no longer a determining factor in personal future

10.4 Security Consequences

INDICATOR	EXPECTED CONSEQUENCE DDS
General crime	A 30-40% reduction in 5 years through community prevention and addressing structural causes
Racketeering	Progressive weakening by eliminating the breeding ground (exclusion, inequality, state vacuum)
Trust in the police	Recovery through genuine citizen oversight and a profound reform of the Carabineros (Chilean police force).
Irregular migration	Reduction through expanded legal channels and smart border control
Reintegration into the workforce	Crime recidivism rate reduced by 40-50% through real reintegration programs

10.5 Environmental Consequences

INDICATOR	EXPECTED CONSEQUENCE DDS
Renewable energy	100% renewable electricity by 2035, eliminating emissions from the electricity sector
Clean exports	Green hydrogen turns Chile into an exporter of clean energy to the world
Biodiversity	Ecosystem recovery through native reforestation plan and improved water management
Mining pollution	Reduction through direct citizen regulation and extended producer responsibility
Climate change	Chile becomes a regional leader in emissions reduction and green technologies

 

PART 11: CONCLUSION — THE POSSIBLE CHILE

Chile has everything it needs to be one of the most prosperous, fair, and democratic countries in the world.

The diagnosis is clear: Chile possesses invaluable natural resources, formally democratic institutions, universities of relatively high quality, a tradition of the rule of law, and an active civil society. However, the current political and economic model, regardless of who manages it in each election cycle, systematically transfers wealth from the majority to a minority and excludes the people from decisions that affect them.

The government of José Antonio Kast, elected in December 2025 with a mandate for change, faces the same structural contradiction as all its predecessors: it may want to change some things, but it operates within a system that was designed to remain fundamentally unchanged. Parliamentary fragmentation, the resistance of established economic groups, dependence on concentrated media outlets, and the structural incapacity of representative democracy to process the true will of the people are obstacles that no conventional president can overcome from within the system.

DirectDemocracyS does not intend to be just another political party or a movement that will capture the existing state. DDS proposes to build, with and for the people of Chile, a parallel system of genuine democratic power that grows from local micro-groups to the national level, demonstrating its superiority in legitimacy, efficiency, and justice through concrete actions, and progressively transforming Chilean reality from its very foundations.

The solutions presented in this program are realistic because:

• They are financed by resources that Chile already possesses (underutilized mining revenue, recoverable tax evasion, concentrated wealth subject to progressive taxation).
• They are implementable with the available technology (digital democracy does not require science fiction, but political will).
• They have precedents in other countries (the Norwegian royalty, the mining industrialization of Finland and Canada, the citizen participation of Iceland and Switzerland demonstrate that they work).
• They respect the dignity and intelligence of the Chilean people: these are not recipes imposed from above, but proposals that the people evaluate, modify and approve.

“The power of each country must belong to the people of that country. Not to the State. Not to political parties. Not to corporations. Not to foreign countries. To the people. This is the rule that DDS applies in Chile and in every country in the world where it operates, without exception and without negotiation.” — DirectDemocracyS — Principle of Universal Popular Sovereignty

The Chile that is possible is a Chile where every citizen has real power, real information, and real participation in the decisions that shape their life. It is not a utopia: it is the logical consequence of rigorously, consistently, and with common sense applying the principles that DDS brings to the world.

Chile deserves more than choosing between options predefined by others. Chile deserves to decide its own future.

TOGETHER, THE PEOPLE OF CHILE CAN DO IT.

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DirectDemocracyS — Program for Chile

Prepared: June 2026 | Language: Spanish | Version: 1.0

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