Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: Drew68

I would disagree. TWD has grown more and more fascist of late, with Rick considering everyone who’s not of his tribe as unfit untermenschen who deserve to be eaten, and acting accordingly. The problem with this being that, if you look over the span of the series, he’s made endless bad moves that led to disasters.
More to the point, the TWD and its spinoff don’t show the values of conservatism, but of nihilism. The only people who survive are junkies, pimps, rednecks and psychos — human raccoons.


41 posted on 10/18/2015 4:42:21 PM PDT by Demiurge2 (Define your terms!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]


To: Demiurge2
The problem with this being that, if you look over the span of the series, he’s made endless bad moves that led to disasters.

Rick's made some terrible mistakes, gotten good people killed, and pissed off people who could've been allies.

That's Rick. He's no superman. He never asked to be. He's a small-town sheriff with, at best, a high school education. Leadership was a role that was thrust upon him and he's learning on the fly.

That's what makes his character so compelling. He's an everyman. If he always made the right decisions and always did what was good, it wouldn't be real.

As far as his fascism is concerned, Rick only cares for the survival of his family. Nothing else matters. He can't save everyone. He has nothing but contempt for the Alexandrians who he views as soft, privileged to essentially ride out the Zombie Apocalypse in comfort while his "tribe" was scavenging for dog food. He's certainly not going to let any of them call the shots.

49 posted on 10/18/2015 5:03:03 PM PDT by Drew68
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 41 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson