This is actually the fascinating implication with the entire Negan plotline in TWD.

Negan's entire operation represents what is essentially a centralized government (albeit, one that's essentially a pure dictatorship), maintaining its existence, validity, security, and relevance through more desperate means of force.

And in many ways it is not too dissimilar to an out of control government like today's federal one. Where citizens have their power, resources, and voice stripped away bit by bit by those who are really running the show.

And conversely, you see the challenge other groups and settlements had in trying not to slip into similarly despotic feudalistic states.

This is actually the fascinating implication with the entire Negan plotline in TWD.

Negan's entire operation represents what is essentially a centralized government (albeit, one that's essentially a pure dictatorship), maintaining its existence, validity, security, and relevance through more desperate means of force.

And in many ways it is not too dissimilar to an out of control government like today's federal one. Where citizens have their power, resources, and voice stripped away bit by bit by those who are really running the show.

And conversely, you see the challenge other and settlements had in not slipping into similarly despotic feudalistic states.

This is actually the fascinating implication with the entire Negan plotline in TWD.

Negan's entire operation represents what is essentially a centralized government (albeit, one that's essentially a pure dictatorship), maintaining its existence, validity, security, and relevance through more desperate means of force.

And in many ways it is not too dissimilar to an out of control government like today's federal one. Where citizens have their power, resources, and voice stripped away bit by bit by those who are really running the show.

This is actually the fascinating implication with the entire Negan plotline in TWD.

Negan's entire operation represents what is essentially a centralized government (albeit, one that's essentially a pure dictatorship), maintaining its existence, validity, security, and relevance through more desperate means of force.

And in many ways it is not too dissimilar to an out of control government like today's federal one. Where citizens have their power, resources, and voice stripped away bit by bit by those really running the show.

This is actually the fascinating implication with the entire Negan plotline in TWD. Negan's entire operation represents what is essentially a federalized government, maintaining its existence and validity through more desperate means of force.