Are we turning into the Borg?

In today’s technology we have a variety of interesting computer software, and a highly sophisticated political hierarchy. From a basic commenting system made from HTML coding that leads to interesting and potentially, billion-dollar programming, to a political system so competitive that some candidates get publicly disgraced to the point where they lose all hope.

So what does this have to do with the Borg? Before we can answer that, we have to go a little deeper; what are the Borg? By definition, the Borg are a highly advanced, and computerized race, bent on “assimilating” all other “lesser races” into themselves. They do so by killing all of the stronger—or problematic—individuals of the target race, and capturing and “modifying” all of the weaker, less fortunate.

Of course, we don’t fly around in giant cubes, shooting at the star ship "Enterprise", but we do resemble what they do, for example: larger stores can "buy out" other smaller stores so that these stores that used to compete against them, now work for them. More to the point, our government sets laws out for us, and forces us to follow them (of course, you can technically go against these in the supreme court, but if the government really wanted to, I`m sure they could get the laws in--no matter what).

Now this system does come with benefits: we get to sleep soundly without worrying about becoming slaves, getting eaten by animals, etc... but the real question is: is it worth it, and is it fair?