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Fall 2013
MARX AND THE WALKING DEAD
Without complete cooperation, shared responsibility, and equal allocation of assets, the entire fate of the human race would be doomed.
The zombies embody the classic Marxist critiques of capitalism.
The heartless creatures mindlessly devour resources (i.e. human brains) in the same way that capitalism pursues profit for its own sake.
MARX
Zombies = capitalists?
Capitalism expands vociferously (almost like a … virus?) to all corners of the globe in pursuit of profit.Dominate marketsExploit workers Destroy local markets
The zombies symbolize capitalism’s insatiable need to constantly expand, exploiting (or feeding on, more appropriately) people to reach its end goal, which is merely to sustain itself.
THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO
Goal for Marx: eliminate private property
Reality for the survivors: private property is futile and useless
Goral for Marx: abolition of families
Reality for the survivors: with the exception of the Grimes (kind of, no spoilers here…) there isn’t really any family to speak of save for the survivors.
MORE MANIFESTO
The survivors of The Walking Dead operate as one unit.
What of the survivors who can’t overcome their own issues or work as a team?
To those who try to be too independent, what is there fate?
The racist, sexist among the survivors, what happens to them?
TO THOSE WHO DON’T FIT IN?
MONEY HAS NO VALUE