• StalinStan [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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        6 hours ago

        They aren’t assimilated. Well literally yes. But their uniqueness is preserved and shared among the collective. That to me reads like how china came in, ended the oppressive theocracy bur let the Tibetan have their language and religion past that. Not how we assimilated our native populations by destroying their culture than never accepting them into ours. My ancestors indigenous culture involves constant warfare so if they had been given that deal it would have been a straight upgrade. I don’t think they would have agreed to the transhumanism but it would be objectively better than dying of anthrax cause you slept the barn cause it was warmer. I see it as an extension of the permanent revolution taken to a fantastic extreme.

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      10 hours ago

      Nah, it was a consequence of Hue being reassimilated.

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        9 hours ago

        Was that ever talked about on screen or is that conjecture? The Borg Queen supposedly was always there at least as a retcon, and “Picard” even had a centuries-in-the-making second Borg Queen.

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          8 hours ago

          Huh. I thought it was cannon, but maybe it’s just friendcannon.

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    12 hours ago

    I always thought this scene was dumb as a kid but my dad would laugh his ass off. It is now one of my favorite scenes