The Zombie Apocalypse and Hatred of Civilization

A Depiction of Tribal Life

The Walking Dead is an incredibly popular TV series. Men and women are fans, people of all ages are fans, and the series continues year after year in spite of its repetition and over the top melodrama. Many commentators in the alternative media interpret the show as the latest installment of predictive programming, that is setting the mental stage for future manipulation. I do believe such large scale manipulation is feasible and takes place all the time, however, I think the Zombie Apocalypse, is a new iteration of an old enduring theme in science fiction and fantasy present in movies like The Omega Man (1971).

As I've noted numerous times, people of the West live an unnatural life. In the United States and Europe, we basically live inside a vast property development that's controlled by enormous Kafkaesque bureaucracies that drain our wealth and energy through numerals. For most people, day to day existence is a series of pointless tasks that serve to keep this parasitic system alive. Furthermore, we're thoroughly de-tribed. We have a natural need to belong to a band beyond our family, but that need is a detriment, its a door for poison. It's used by politicians, clergy, and con-men to manipulate and scam us.

We hate our civilization, but it's all we know, and our hatred of it has no conscious manifestation. The Zombie Apocalypse is an artistic manifestation of that. The enemies of the small band of survivors are mindless hordes of zombies, creatures that are nothing but a ravenous appetite and a perversion of the natural order; they are a-cyclic, living dead things. Rick's band of survivors is a tribe. They wander through the woods and roads living something resembling a pastoral life. Seeing their small group stirs our ancient memory of belonging, and having a life that's unique and significant.