![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And though the movement has spread across the country, there is a reason that the occupation started in New York. But the conflation of money and blood in the OWS costumes indicates the severity of the situation - the feeling that economic injustice has grown to a monstrous condition. That the corporate zombies on their way to work appreciated the reflected metaphor is, let's say, unlikely. The undead are not just monstrous in their greed, but unreflective in it. They represent appetite run amok, violence without thought, and total abdication of the individual will. Oh, the insult of this metaphor - of all the monsters to pick! Zombies aren't sexy and glamorous like vampires, or changeable and muscular like werewolves. they see us reflecting the metaphor of their actions. A directive had been sent from Occupy Wall Street organizers:Įveryone come dressed as a corporate zombie! This means jacket and tie if possible, white face, fake blood, eating Monopoly money, and doing a slow march, so when people come to work on Monday. IN ZUCCOTTI PARK ON HALLOWEEN, protesters dressed up as zombies in suits, eyes vacant and deranged, fake blood and money dripping from their lips. ![]()
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