Lol I had just finished taking a lecture series on Machiavelli. That man sure understood human nature and politics. There was a lot of discussion on the organic evolution of republics, of how a successful government functions and why, and how successful monarchies can organically grow into...
Indeed, it started out with just survival, and the survivors have mastered that for the most part by now. But it follows that when society breaks down, the niceties that bind us to certain conduct expected of a functional group will go with it until order is established. One could go so far as...
The comic is way ahead, but the TV show deviates some from the source material. Such as Judith surviving, she didn't in the comic, but I would rather she live, she represents hope for the future. They got Glenn though, that played out the same. The girl that was killed that they were looking for...
Intimidation tactics work. Used car salesmen know how to convince you to buy something you didn't even know you wanted, and there is also some crazy brainwashing going on among his followers. They are all negan.
At least negan has a strict rule about women: hands off, unless they say yes. He catches his men nailing a lady without her permission, they get a public spanking with Lucille. He's definitely an interesting villain.