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this post was submitted on 30 Oct 2023
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I agree completely. A collective run by everyone’s brain being cybernetically networked was an interesting, unique idea. A culture run by an amoral dictator is boring and painfully unoriginal.
This is what actually made the Borg terrifying.
There was nobody to talk to or negotiate with. There was no mind to change. There wasn't even a leader to assassinate in hopes to alter policy.
They were less of an enemy and more of an immutable force, like gravity or magnetism.
I think that's why they got changed though. As cool as they were without a leader, having a major enemy that can't be negotiated with at all, doesn't really work for a show where humanity's diplomacy is supposed to be their most important trait
I don't think that's too big of a concern, to be honest. You can't negotiate with a spacial rift and the show handles that kind of thing fine. I think they were having problems with First Contact's script and decided to solve it with a named antagonist rather than just hordes of Borg.