This thread kind of reminds me of that weird theory about how whether zombies or vampires are the trendy horror villains at the time correlates with whether the left or right is in power. That zombies represent the fears of the right as a massive mindless hoard that does nothing but consume and tear down the thinking humans, and vampires represent the fears of the left as isolated, unholy, and powerful elites that need to prey on the common man to survive.