Quote (LL0RT @ Apr 4 2016 02:51am)
well, so far, negan's group have done less bad shit to rick's group, than rick's group has to negan's
Possibly true. Think about it this way:
If they had been subjugated under Negan's control and been giving them half their resources for protection ever since our group got to Alexandria, would the Wolves attack ever have happened? Would Jesse still be alive?
Aaron said, when he was recruiting Rick, that their greatest resource was people. Well, defending yourself from walkers/other people costs you people, as evidenced by the Wolves attack. Hilltop said that the Saviors were charging them for "protection" (sarcastic use of that term). If they can give Negan resources in exchange for "protection", even if it is essentially being subjugated into slavery, it may be a better deal. It's better to give Negan plants than lose people while having to defend yourself.
If Genghis Khan-like figure could come along, then maybe a political system by which people pay steep resource taxes could put the world back together.
This post was edited by kayeto on Apr 4 2016 01:02am