I think the most overriding instinct of the average Borg would be "AGHH!!! GET ME THE HELL OUT OF HERE!"Fianna wrote: ↑Sat Jan 30, 2021 9:38 pmGiven how little personality Borg exhibit, you could interpret it as the Collective only acts on desires that are shared by all (or at least most) of the Borg. And since the individuals who make up the Collective can have varied personalities and opposing interests, they end up being driven by only the most universal of basic instincts: the will to survive, consume, and reproduce.Jonathan101 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 26, 2021 10:33 pm Ultimately the notion that they are truly a "collective" and that there is no singular will (or set of wills) was fundamentally flawed from the outset- the Borg are slaves, forced to serve against their will, and besides that isn't actually how people work unless their individual identities are similar from the outset already.
Also, it is stated several times that the Borg are actually driving towards "perfection", or what they view as perfection anyway.
Regardless, whether the Collective was aiming at something like universal instincts or not, there would still have to be some "one" or some "thing" deciding that those universal instincts are what they should be going for in the first place- though, as I said, they are actually driving towards the even more niche goal of perfection.
