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Originally Posted by MRM
The zombie phenomenon seems to be a response to modernity and represents the unexpressed anxiety we all have with how complex our society has become. "Zombie" is a metaphor for all the hidden dangers of society. The beauty of it is that everyone has their own "zombie" - nuclear apocalypse, the breakdown of society, a massive grid-wide failure of all iPhones, etc. Whatever fear people have is projected into "zombies" and then is exorcised, so to speak, by dressing like zombies, zombie jokes, stockpiling ammo and food for the zombie apocalypse, etc. Zombies are just the current pop culture phenomenon of us recognizing and dealing with by making fun of our own personal demons, I mean fears.
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Also note most of the zombie movies depict "a top secret government lab experimenting with bio engineering and accidently stumble across a virus that reanimates the dead."
The virus escapes and chaos ensues...
Thus tapping into the whole "the government is out of control" paranoia...
Not that the government isn't out of control, but that is another thread.