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The elites are lying about the danger! (startrek.website)
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[–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

having your individualness absorbed into a collective consciousness is some peoples idea of heaven

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    I've seen this type of comment in scifi threads. It was about that one planet-consciousness in the Foundation series, some guy thought it would be hell to lose his individuality. But I think that people are confusing privacy or autonomy with individuality.

    Also the fact that individuality is already illusory to begin with -- we are social animals, and if we truly tried to be absolutely individual, we'd end up as a feral child or some bizarre hermit. And ironically we live in an age where we are so alienated not just from others but our own selves, and our very species-essence as well

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    Also society relentlessly bullies neurodivergent people with whom they have difficulty empathizing. Neurotypicals already have a weak hivemind and they attack anyone who can't or won't join it. Neurotypicals are the borg, except not communist. They're the Borg but worse.

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