I often thought that with all the trouble the Borg go through fighting all the resistance and wars and stuff they could instead just go around asking for volunteers.
Throughout the galaxy they could probably build a decent population this way, and it’s much lower risk.
Get to explore and experience new cultures, lots of travel
Get to spend my days with my 10 million closest friends in the universe
Never worry about who the president is
Retirement isn’t an issue I have to concern myself with
Be part of a team, you know?
Also freaken robot arm
Never have to hear about a sports ball game or a celebrity saying something problematic again
Downsides with rebuttals
No individuality? I don’t really get that as it stands
Chaffing from implants? Well I am sure they have a cream for that.
Don’t get to live in a democracy? I don’t live in one now, I live in a Republic where my vote doesnt matter that has like one election left. What could be more democratic than a collective mind?
Live in a giant metal cube with no privacy? I work in a plastic carpeted cube and have to wear headphones to get any work done.
I often thought that with all the trouble the Borg go through fighting all the resistance and wars and stuff they could instead just go around asking for volunteers.
Throughout the galaxy they could probably build a decent population this way, and it’s much lower risk.
Well let’s see:
Downsides with rebuttals
I was on the fence, but the clarity about the chaffing cream has sold me
I think it is in the nanobot welcome packet.
Sounds like you have already been assimilated
My brother in Borg have you heard the good news?
“Happy Monday Team! Resistance is futile!” - good morning message in most corporate offices, probably.
I assume this will just be downloaded directly into the brain.
Borg Jesus has returned?
Yes, and he was assimilated. His biological and technological distinctiveness was added to our own.
Isn’t that the shtick of ::: spoiler PIC’s Jurati-Borg ::: ?