Woodbury, from TWD (See for further details)

For anyone that is not aware, Woodbury is a city where a group of survivors live. They are extremely well fortified and established, have electricity and the like. To keep themselves going, they scavenge, but they also attack and kill people for supplies. I am for the continuing existence of an establishment such as this, and will now begin to explain why.WHAT'S THE ULTIMATE GOAL?If one were to support the continuing existence of a city like Woodbury, I believe they would do so for one central reason. That is that if Woodbury is successful, they will be the building blocks of society. They will lead the way to a new world. In the world of The Walking Dead, life is rough, to put it lightly. People have a very short life expectancy, and both life and death are terrifying and painful ordeals. Far, far less than half of the characters that the show has had on are still alive[1]. If the situation continues at its present rate (straight up anarchy), the human race is screwed, to put it mildly. Woodbury can remedy that. As Woodbury grows and becomes stronger, it can become the basis, as I said before, for a new civilization. Once this new civilization is ushered in, there will be much more peace around the globe. Obviously, even in today's civilization, there is not total peace. But the odds of being murdered are much slimmer in this world than they are in The Walking Dead. Woodbury can be the bridge back to normalcy, and therein peace for all. I assume most of you are thinking about all the people Woodbury has to kill and steal from to achieve this goal. I hope we can all see that they are necessary casualties for the good of humanity. As I said earlier, at its current situation, the human race is screwed. A world of anarchy with roaming tribes of survivors will eventually lead to the extinction of humanity. What Woodbury is doing is saving all of future humanity. Not only future humanity, but many others around the globe. The only people that get hurt by Woodbury are those in their vicinity. Everyone else can benefit from the gradual re-stabilization and re-birth of civilization that Woodbury would bring. Or we can let all of humanity suffer in the agony of a zombie apocalypse. IN THE SHORT RUNOutside of the fact that civilization can eventually be re-born with Woodbury's continued existence, there are other reasons one should support them.Here's a hypothetical, to demonstrate my point.There are two groups of people, each with 10 people in them. Both groups are near starvation, their supplies are very low. OPTION ABoth groups decide to leave each other alone. They think it wouldn't be right to rob another group and possibly lead them to die of starvation. However, since both groups have limited food supplies, they both end up dying off of starvation and other related causes. OPTION BOne group takes the other group's food. The group that was robbed dies of starvation and other related causes. The group that did the stealing is able to survive, now having enough food to function properly. So, in conclusion, option a gets 20 people killed, whereas option b gets 10 people killed. Clearly, option b is what Woodbury does, and clearly, option b is in the interests of the greater good. This hypothetical can be applied to more than just one group too. It can be applied to every roaming gang that Woodbury encounters. Supplies lightly spread out over a large group of people are less likely to lead to survival than a large amount of supplies concentrated on one group of people.Another way to look at it, it'd be like giving 20 people $1 for lunch, or one person $20 for lunch. Between the two options, the best outcome is one person getting lunch. Again, look at the survival rate of the characters on the show. The group of people that TWD follows generally do not take things from other people. They are not raiders. And we see how they turn out. If nobody is willing to get down and dirty like Woodbury is, then all groups of survivors will suffer the fate of the main group on the show. THEY DO OTHER STUFF, TOOWoodbury isn't just a killing machine. They also take people in when they can. So on top of the fact that they're actually ensuring the survival of the max number of people through their actions exemplified above, they are also directly saving lives by bringing people in. Admittedly, they won't let people leave, but that frankly is in their best interests. The odds of death are so much higher outside the walls of Woodbury that it would be almost criminal to let someone leave. You're pretty much committing passive murder. However, that is a secondary issue, and we don't have to agree on that to see the overall good that Woodbury represents. Thanks for reading.Source: [1] http://www.mandatory.com...