• T156@lemmy.world
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      If it wasn’t for the whole forcing people thing, they probably would.

      Their tech is much better, and you get as close to immortality as you can get, since your body is maintained by their tech, and your mind gets added to the hivemind.

      Short of death, you’d never have a medical problem again.

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      From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of steel. I aspired to the purity of the blessed machine.

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      my private fan theory is that the Borg are actually the good guys but we only ever hear the gReAt fEdErAtIoN’s POV

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      If it actually worked, it would be really useful for a lot of people (it’s me. I’m a lot of people)

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      Journalists? Probably just to see how it will go wrong and report about it so we don‘t have to.

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          Fully providing every single need to their people in an attempt to create the most efficient worker possible? It just so happens that their “work” is assimilating people into the hive, but… The methods surrounding their work are pretty nice.

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            I mean… the method is basically “join us or die”… I don’t think that’s particularly nice

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              I’m not talking about the method they use to work, I’m talking about the methods they use to facilitate that work. They provide their workers with homes and sustenance. I would expect to put entertainment on that list too if they weren’t cyborgs

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                Hmm, the Borg internet (or intranet I guess) probably has a lot of entertainment material collected, but then we know that drone emotions are suppressed by implants so you wouldn’t actually be able to enjoy any of it…

                “Homes” feels like a stretch… an alcove is worse than one of those sleeping pods in Japan, you don’t even get privacy.

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                  Why are we taking this so seriously? I don’t want to actually be the Borg. I want to be a socialist cyborg, and that’s what I meant in my first comment

                  Edit: okay I totally did say “I’d be a Borg” but I meant a socialist cyborg. My bad

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                    Why are we taking this so seriously?

                    Because it’s funnier that way.

                    I don’t want to actually be the Borg.

                    I totally did say “I’d be a Borg”

                    You seem very confused. Join the link, the Collective will bring you clarity!

                    I meant a socialist cyborg.

                    Don’t let your dreams stay dreams!

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          Do you? The Borg are a collective consciousness, it’s the most democratic government in the galaxy.

          My only problem with the Borg is they have a queen.

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            Democracy isn’t that everyone is being forced to be of the same opinion. They don’t vote for their actions, the hive mind overrides each personality with the overarching Borg characteristics, mean assimilation of every worthy race, eradication of danger. There is no individual left in this. If you think that is democracy or socialism then I don’t know what else to tell you.