I don't know that I called you a zombie. First of all it was meant as a figure of speech, not an insult. But specifically, I was referring to those that use the reference referred to by Larken.

As for your comment that people could rebel at any time but they choose not to, there are many reasons for that, not something that could be explained in a brief comment, but in a nutshell, it's due to Stockholm Syndrome and Cognitive Dissonance.