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Originally Posted by dadioflex
I'm pretty sure there's a link between vampires during booms and zombies during recessions. I think everyone is still kind of on edge about the economy so a typical post-apocalyptic scenario seems more feasible. Maybe even a feeling that life would be simpler if we didn't have to sweat the details and got back to fighting packs of *mutant dogs for old tinned goods.
* the mutation was can-opener jaws. Can-opener jaws.
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"Here's the weirdest graph you'll see all week. It's graphing the popularity of zombie movies versus vampire movies, split out by whether the president at the time was a Republican or a Democrat. There are exceptions, but in general when a Republican is in office, it's all about zombies. When it's a Democrat, it's all about vampires:"
"Night of the Living Dead shambled into cinemas during the Nixon era. Carter gave us two adaptations of Dracula. See that massive red spike in the '80s? That's when conservative superhero Ronald Reagan occupied the highest office, and a Night of the Living Dead remake, one sequel, two Return of the Living Dead movies and Reanimator occupied the cinemas. Then Clinton gave us Anne Rice. The connection is confirmed by academics who study the subject. What the hell?"
"Actually, it makes perfect sense. Horror plays off of social anxieties of the times, and it's all about what the left and right are afraid of."
Read more: 6 Mind-Blowing Ways Zombies and Vampires Explain America | Cracked.com
http://www.cracked.com/article_19402...#ixzz1pibQrXla
i'm into sword wielding warriors wandering the lands of a civilization/world in decline where mutants dwell and the rule of law is a distant memory. libertarian? centrist?
