The Walking Dead, Survival Rule Of The Week: Truth shall set you free

5) Your enemies don’t need to know the truth.

Now, I’ve already said how bad it can be when you keep the truth from members of your own group, however, those same rules don’t apply to hostiles in the zombie apocalypse. Not only can you lie to them till the cows come home, it would probably be crucial to your survival to do so.

For much of Sunday’s episode, the peoples of Alexandria, Hilltop, and Oceanside had done a pretty good job of throwing off Beta, leaving their communities abandoned and leaving the Whisperers guessing, letting them roam around in futility until that stupid cat lured them to the tower.

The lesson here is that, when dealing with a hostile (Or group of them), you are doing yourself a massive favor if you are obscuring the truth from your enemy/enemies as much as possible. Don’t let them know where you are (If you can), don’t let them know what you’re doing, don’t let them know where you’re going. The less your enemies know about you in a zombie apocalypse, the better off you’ll be.

If this requires you creating diversions, red herrings, disinformation, whatever you need to do to keep the enemy guessing, you do it.

This is especially necessary if your enemies have numbers or an arsenal which you can’t stand toe-to-toe against. In such a situation, you’re best strength may be subterfuge and the element of surprise.

Just like what you don’t know can hurt you, what your enemies don’t know can also hurt them.

And that is our Survival Rule(s) Of The Week! With any luck, I’ve imparted to you why honesty (Mostly) is the best policy if you want to survive. If you like this and want to find out more tips to survive the zombie apocalypse, why not pick up a copy of my book, The Rules: A Guide To Surviving The Zombie Apocalypse! You can also get it at Amazon here, on iTunes here!