@LexYeen But, at that point, they aren't really the Borg, are they? the whole point is the "erasure of individuality, being droned, and turned into a terminal of a centralized hive mind" which, don't get me wrong, 🥃 🥃 🥃 , but making it pretty and voluntary violates the Borg's hat.
@LexYeen It's not like I disagree that they could improve their interaction model, but we don't have the whole story. The directive to be as openly hostile about assimilation could have come from somewhere deep in the Borg's origin. No organization is immune to inertia.