@Manely_McDragonpuncher  
@PonyPon  
@Daring-Do
 
No, PonyPon, Daring-Do and the others are quite correct. Psychological studies (such as the famous Robbers Cave Experiment) and others have confirmed that (most) people are innately conditioned to cooperate in the face of adversity or any other challenge, even those that are not survival related, and that conflicting groups can rapidly come together when it is advantageous to do so. You can run into problems, such at the tragedy of the commons, but the general assessment that adversity (and an identifiable goal) encourages mutualism is largely borne out by empirical study. Even if that “mutualism” is in the form of gangs looting during an emergency, it is often observed that conflict in fact decreases between these groups, as they attempt to mutually take advantage of the situation. So even bad behavior can be mutualistic.
 
Simply saying “but Trump!” and “but Brexit!” means nothing compared to actual studies done on the topic of human socialization and crisis management. This is akin to a Climate Change Denier saying “it’s so cold outside today! So much for that Global Warming, right, huh huh?” Anecdotes are useless as evidence. Trying to pass off those things as evidence is even worse than just an anecdote.
 
And yes, most zombie scenarios are ridiculous in both premise and execution, reliant on contrived back-stabs and exaggerated drama to function as mainstream entertainment.

@Daring-Do  
People are more than willing to throw other people under the bus if it means that things will be better for them. That’s why people are opposed to Obamacare, despite the fact that every other first world nation has free healthcare for all it’s citizens.

@Manely_McDragonpuncher  
I’m American and I’ve been on the receiving end of plenty of selflessness and kindness.

@Background Pony #FC33  
You must not be from America if you think not being selfish is in humanty’s nature. Or the UK after brexit, come to think of it.
 
Humanity’s main mode is “fuck you, got mine.” Working together is actually pretty rare.

@Manely_McDragonpuncher  
People in times of crisis will more often than not band together rather than mindlessly backstabbing each other for no reason. because cooperation is BETTER for survival, and people know this. People may be douches but they’ll still band together to survive simply because that’s how we’re wired: we’re a social species.
 
hell, this is why the “Evil army” concept in zombie movies is so mind numbingly dumb; Even if its a military dictatorship coming in, they’re NOT going to devour you alive while zombies WILL, so its still a net gain to throw in with the fascists rather than pointlessly rebelling because “mah freedom”

@PonyPon  
Zombies are the spark, human beings are the gasoline. Otherwise you could feel safe when there were no zombies around. But people never do.

@Manely_McDragonpuncher  
Because the zombies are still the ones mindlessly pursuing cannibalism and have no ambition in life other than that. And that breaks society down a great deal more than the selfish people just trying to survive.
 
They’re still the bigger threat.

@Background Pony #A490  
Why is it nonsense that human beings would act selfishly and irrationally in times of crisis? That’s how humans are. That’s kind of the point of those movies. Zombies are a metaphor.

@Mr grump  
Or he gets the point, but rejects it utterly as sheer nonsense.

@Mr grump  
I don’t think you get zombie movies either.

@Manely_McDragonpuncher  
OR he doesn’t buy bullshit movie logic.

@Background Pony #FC33  
Then you kind of miss the point of zombie movies.

Bruh these broads are clueless, I wonder how they’ve even managed so far without Blueblood.

>My reaction to every single zombie movie’s EVER “Humans are the real monsters!” line.