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Friday, March 3, 2023

Is Resistance Futile?

By Jack Gleason  March 2, 2023

Every sci-fi fan knows about the Borg, Star Trek's archenemy collective of cybernetic beings that ruthlessly assimilates other species and their technologies.  Their favorite phrase when overtaking a new life form is "resistance is futile." Indeed, the Borg are formidable.  After thousands of years, their stolen technologies surpass anything the Federation has developed.  But oddly, while gaining significant advantage at the beginning of each encounter, they are always stymied by Federation officers and crew.  How is this possible?  With all their technology, and an endless supply of interchangeable soldiers and a collective "hive mind," they always lose at the end of the episode.........They know that if they surrender, they will become another part of the collective and their society, and all freedom, will cease to exist. What can we learn in our current struggles to oppose the multiple threats to freedom and democracy facing the United States and the remnants of the free world?.........To Read More... 


 

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