For instance, the Civ games are basically Whig History: The Game, presenting liberal capitalism as the ideal end point for all societies. It even includes uncivilized "barbarian tribes" whose sole purpose is to be exterminated so you can take their land for the glory of capitalism.
The whole idea of zombie movies seems to play into gun culture and Shaun of the Dead demonstrated quite well that the zombies have to but utterly useless to work in other settings. That or you can do 28 days later and demonstrate complete and total societal collapse in just 4 weeks.