What Is A Borg?

Some of you may associate the word "Borg" with the race of half-biological, half-machine beings from "Star Trek: The Next Generation." However, the truth is, I am a Borg, and I was a Borg many years before there even was a "Star Trek: TNG."

I am THE Borg, or more specifically, I am the StroBorg, a term first used in a fictional story written by my High School buddy, William Gene Armintrout, about a man with a bionic brain. The term "StroBorg" was a play on my real life Swedish surname, Stroberg. Back in High School, I was quite a nerd and was very good at mathematics, and after Bill wrote the story about the StroBorg, several of my classmates started referring to me simply as "the Borg."

While I wore the term Borg as a badge of honor, I now realize, many years later, that the people who called me that were making fun of me (seriously, I can be quite dense at times). But if you can't laugh at yourself, life can be pretty sad all around, so I think I'll make the most of it.

Now, you may be asking, "What is this blog about?" It is about my critiques of the liberty movement in these United States, written from the perspective of a consistent libertarian anarcho-captitalist who sees both positives and negatives in the explosion in the number of people referring to themselves as "libertarians."

Why do I call it "The Reluctant Borg?" Because I run the risk of guilt by association with self-described advocates of liberty who cannot see their own inconsistencies in applying the Golden Rule to the policies they advocate. Neither Jesus Christ nor Gandhi would have gotten anywhere with the movements they founded if they had not consistently applied the Golden Rule to their actions. So it is with the liberty movement: All that take the sword, shall perish by the sword. Thus, if we are not true to the humanity of our cause, we will fail.

I will attempt to post daily, with several posts on this opening day on various topics to begin. Happy reading!