The Walking Dead, Survival Rule Of The Week: New society, old problems

This week’s episode of The Walking Dead revealed that, even if we make a new society in a zombie apocalypse, that doesn’t mean old problems go away.

If you’re at a point in a zombie apocalypse where you’re attempt to rebuild society, you need to know a few things before you proceed, things that can make your attempt to rebuild much more difficult than you’re expecting.

You see, making a new society doesn’t stop old problems (And zombies) from popping up and putting your society in jeopardy.

Speaking of which, lets start with the obvious one: The Zombies.

What? You thought that, just because you’re in the “rebuilding society” phase, that the zombies weren’t going to be a problem anymore?

Ha HAaaaof course they’re going to be. It’s a “zombie apocalypse”. They’re not just going to go away, there’s still going to be millions of corpses wandering around, and they’re still going to be a threat!

You can’t let the fact they may not be as omnipresent of a threat as they once were trick you into thinking they’re not a threat at all, that is a recipe for disaster.

Another recipe for disaster? Slacking off when dealing with zombies.

People slacking off in important jobs was something of a problem before the dead started eating people, but, man, it is a nightmare once they start.

This is why not treating zombies as something urgent is such a problem. If someone slacks off in keeping watch for zombies, or trying to distract or disperse zombies, before you know it, you and your entire community are being overrun by the dead like it’s the first day of the outbreak all over again!

Remember, zombies might be stupid, and walk slow, but…so do crocodiles. You don’t slack off when you know there’s a crock in the water, do you? Then, why would you do it if you knew there were zombies around?

While we’re still on the topic of properly reacting to zombies, let’s not forget everyone’s old friend: Panic.

Panic will be a huge problem when the outbreak hits, but, sadly, it will be a problem that could rear its ugly head again once we start trying to rebuild.

With all the other work we’re putting into to rebuilding, we might be ready to fight the undead should they come upon us, and fall back to our “panic” instincts, but…what happens to everyone else? If we panic, we could do something that causes people to get injured, or worse.

Whether it’s the end of civilization, or the beginning of a new one, panic is not your friend.

Yet, as bad as it is, panic and fear can cause even more problems once the rebuilding starts.

You see, a new society is only as stable as the faith its prospective populous has in it. If your populous, or just a portion of your populous is made to fear that this society is not working in their best interest, or that their place in it is precarious, yeeeaaah…that’s not going to be conducive for a healthy society. In fact, that could lead to it’s ultimate downfall.

If enough people in your new society do feel like they’re left without a seat at the table, or that they’re at the whim of whoever’s running it, they won’t stick around for it. They will leave. If they’ve survived this long, they will probably continue to survive, even without your community, and, if enough of them leave, you may suddenly have a large group people, who know your community pretty well, and are now…quite disgruntled about their situation. Do you think that would be good for your society?

No. That will start a civil war.

Hopefully, we’ll get a chance to rebuild society after the worst of the zombie apocalypse is behind us, just remember, once the worst of the apocalypse is behind us, the worst of what was around before the apocalypse, might make a comeback. You need to be ready to tackle these problems, or else, they’ll take our legs right out from under us, just as we’re getting back to our feet.

This is why you follow…The Rules.

And that’s our survival rule of the week!! Hopefully, it’ll help you give you that mental edge that will prove so crucial once the dead start eating everyone.

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