• hesusingthespiritbomb@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I feel like you lose your right to complain about being victims of genocide after the second or third alien race you yourself genocide, especially when your entire race is essentially a bunch of enslaved thralls who almost always bounce the second they get free will back.

      • AEsheron@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        There's a lot of interesting ethical concerns about the Borg Collevtive. It's easy to think of it as some big, alien, external force that erases minds and uses the bodies as flesh puppets. But that isn't how they're described at all. The people are all still there, that big scary intelligence is made up from merging all their minds together. Obviously, the consent issue is problematic, and we know people generally find it horrific when they are freed. But the fact is, the majority of the Hivemind apparently don't mind, the hive mind is made up from the gestalt of the individuals, and that is the only thing keeping individuals from leaving.

      • ThenThreeMore@startrek.website
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        1 year ago

        All the Borg do is try to make the lives of others better. They give people a euphoric feeling while bringing them closer to perfection.

        • Gabu@lemmy.world
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          1 year ago

          Nah, mate. I'm all for an eternally growing, infinitely improving race of robots, but the Borg did it wrong.