Heroes Not Zombies

The Classical Method
This method was most effectively developed by the Romans – they called it “Bread and Circuses”
It involves two elements – bread, and, yes, you guessed it, circuses! It was a satirical comment on the political strategy of the ruling class in Rome which was to provide the masses with enough food so that they wouldn’t be hungry. This element of the strategy is about meeting the basic needs of people so they will not be motivated to the point of desperation to do something to get what they want. If the basic needs of the populace are not met, then they will not be so compliant.
But meeting their basic needs was not enough to make them compliant, you had to subdue them with mindless entertainment. The key here is distraction, which holds the attention without stimulating growth, energy or creativity.
Here’s the magic formula
Meet the basic needs + provide mindless entertainment = zombie culture (a compliant pliable populace)

The Traditional Method
This is the Haitian method employed by voodoo witch doctors.
It involves two elements – drugs and rituals.
The drugs involved are of two types. First the victim is sent into a state of paralytic coma with toxins allegedly from Bufo toads and Pufferfish. In this state they appear dead. They are then buried for a few hours, exhumed and fed drugs from the Datura family of plants – “zombie cucumber”. This induces both memory loss and a psychotic dulled state where they have a condition of altered consciousness with the features of loss of free will and disconnectedness from reality.
Here’s the magic formula
Numbing, paralysing drugs + ritual + psychosis inducing drugs = zombie slave (a compliant pliable automaton)

The Modern Method
This is the method widely employed in contemporary society.
It involves two elements – meeting basic needs and entertainment (with the optional inclusion of drugs)
Poverty becomes a relative concept as the basic food, drink and shelter needs of the population are met. Then through mass communication media mindless entertainment which holds the attention without stimulating growth, energy or creativity is delivered. The drug option is available through both legal (alcohol, nicotine, prescription mind-altering medication) and illegal (“recreational” drugs) channels.
Here’s the magic formula
Meet the basic needs + provide mindless entertainment + liberal supply of numbing, paralysing and psychosis inducing drugs = zombie masses (compliant populace of automatons)