The foreign policies of the US and it’s vassals in Europe have been the walking dead for at least thirty years. From Martin Sieff at strategic-culture.org:
“The Walking Dead” owes its success to the subconscious power of its political metaphor: It is all about liberal internationalism – a corrupt, rotting zombie version of the liberal creed that really died 50 years ago but refuses to admit it.
For the past decade “The Walking Dead” has been one of the most popular television dramas in the world and arguably the most successful horror franchise ever made. And the now it is more topical than ever: The Biden administration has just taken over in Washington and the Compassionate, All-Powerful, All-Knowing and All-Wise European Commission continues to rule over the 27 nations of the European Union
For “The Walking Dead” owes its success to the subconscious power of its political metaphor: It is all about liberal internationalism – a corrupt, rotting zombie version of the liberal creed that really died 50 years ago but refuses to admit it.
For from the fateful year of 1965 onwards, the great tide of liberal internationalism started to disintegrate to the horror and fascination of the entire world. First, the mighty, invincible United States at the very same time it was even outracing the Soviet Union to the Moon was humbled and made fools of by a rag tag army of fierce, impoverished but implacable guerrillas in the remote little Southeast Asian nation of Vietnam.