Daniel W. Drezner > Quotes

“Indeed, one concern would be that the initial neoconservative response to a zombie outbreak would be to invade Iraq again out of force of habit.”
― Daniel W. Drezner, Theories of International Politics and Zombies

“[In case of zombie uprising] Marxists and Feminists would likely sympathize more with zombies. To Marxists, the undead symbolize the oppressed proletariat. Unless the zombies were all undead white males, feminists would likely welcome the posthuman smashing of existing patriarchal structures.”
― Daniel W. Drezner, Theories of International Politics and Zombies

“If any government was so foolhardy as to launch a first strike, it would create the only thing worse than an army of the living dead: a mutant, radioactive army of the living dead.”
― Daniel W. Drezner, Theories of International Politics and Zombies: Revived Edition

“To be blunt, this project is explicitly prohuman, whereas Marxists would likely sympathize more with the zombies. To Marxist scholars, the undead symbolize the oppressed proletariat and could be welcomed as a vanguard that could finally eliminate the exploitation of the capitalist mode of production.”
― Daniel W. Drezner, Theories of International Politics and Zombies: Revived Edition

“One can also envision critiques to such an approach, bemoaning the difficulty of balancing career ambitions, managing a household, and tending to care relationships with impaling as many flesh-eating ghouls as humanly possible. One can unfortunately envision an endless debate about whether, in a world of the zombie apocalypse, women can “have it all.”
― Daniel W. Drezner, Theories of International Politics and Zombies: Revived Edition