The Borg are modeled after an insect colony, individual drones have no initiative and function essentially as limbs or tools of one guiding intelligence. The difference being that they're using scifi voodoo space magic or whatever to link them all through some kind of computer brain link where insects basically have individual self determination but are driven by instinctual drives so strongly that their colonies function and mini complex societies, I doubt that the queen on an insect colony is making any administrative decisions and is simply engaged in the process of procreation. The question is quite fascinating as to whether or not there is any intelligence behind the movements of an insect colony at all, or whether they function more like a computer albeit a biological one when their instinctual instructions cause them to carry out certain tasks without any central input. Bees especially are truly fascinating as they've discovered some means of communication although it appears purely functional in nature with no real artistic potential. Humans have many features in common with insects when we observe them from a very distant perspective so there's definitely some kind of underlying biological drive that results in emergent behavior without any concious decisions being made.

The Borg in Star Trek have been interpreted by some as a commentary on communism or corporate capitalism by others which is interesting. I think they're simply the question of "what if we model society like an ant colony" the Borg values of seeking perfection, seeking out new world's and civilizations to learn from (assimilate) actually parallel the Federation as well. Both are expansionist powers that seek to spread their society to all others. The only difference between them is one values individual agency and the other does not. Yet both could be described and Xenophilic Egalitarian regimes.