The Walking Dead, Survival Rule Of The Week: It’s human nature

3) The enemy of my enemy is my enemy

I came upon this entry with The Pale Riders in mind. The cavalry of ghost-faced horsemen seem to be (And I thoroughly believe are…) the new threat Morgan’s group will meet in season six of Fear The Walking Dead, and the trailers make it seem like they might actually be someone rebelling against the Pioneers, so, they might become allies to Morgan’s group, right?

…Not necessarily.

While you might think it makes sense for two people or two groups of people, who both dislike the same person/people, to join forces to take down a common enemy, it would also make sense for every living person to unite against the undead when the zombie apocalypse begins, but, as we just established in the last entry, what makes sense and what people will do don’t always match up.

Think about this: In the early stages of World War II, Germany and the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression pact, where they split Poland down the middle and, basically, left each other alone, this in spite of the fact that Hitler made very clear his hatred of the Soviet Union. Germany was eventually able to gobble up much of European Russia because Stalin decided to hang back, rather than team with Britain and France against a common foe when he had the chance. My point is that you shouldn’t necessarily expect logical sense when dealing with other people in a zombie apocalypse, because they may not agree with on what the logical thing to do is, or they may think you are a more important (Or more digestible) enemy to deal with.

When dealing with multiple groups of hostiles, never assume that the enemy of your enemy is your friend.