why are zombies always at the damn mall?
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The thousands of Zombies in World War Z who sacrifice themselves by allowing others to trample them, thus building walls and ramparts of bodies, can hardly be said to have accepted castration. Renunciation in itself means nothing especially, if it is the result of fear or identification rather than consent.
Neurotics, after all, are bargain hunters, always searching for valude in what gets left behind or somehow missed, as we see not just clinically but in the whole spectrum of cultural products, from Antiques Roadshow, to the ubiquitous loyalty card. A bargain is what has managed to slip by the Other, avoiding its sactions and turning loss into gain.
Every day for the neurotic subject is Black Friday. And the wallets and purses that today bulge with loyalty cards testify to the same logic: to generate a plus from a minus. "
