I've been tending to view zombie works as metaphors for 'mindlessness'. That is, herd behavior, just following the crowd, etc. Sometimes it does seem like ther

I've been tending to view zombie works as metaphors for 'mindlessness'. That is, herd behavior, just following the crowd, etc. Sometimes it does seem like there is a high risk of that happening. Other times it seems like we are already living in that world. A world where large groups of people can be worked up into a frenzy and convinced to support, defend, and propagate horrible actions provoked by minimal or non-existent facts and evidence.