Survival alone is a poor goal if the world is full of fear and cruelty. We need a community where everyone feels safe, and everyone feels valued, never at the expense of anyone else. To get there, we need to remember history's great ideas in civilization building: free and fair elections for leadership, separation of powers, laws that serve and bind everyone equally, due process for those suspected of breaking laws, and universal individual rights. We need to build trustworthy institutions: councils, courts, schools, hospitals, etc. We have to protect those institutions from corruption by selfish interests. Walkers are dangerous, but the danger is manageable, especially when we act collectively. Outsiders are dangerous, but they are often more scared than malicious. They may have been surviving for years through selfishness and opportunism, possibly through violence and cruelty. We need to be sympathetic and understanding of that. Sometimes we will have to defend ourselves, but sometimes we will have an opportunity to tech them that there's a better way. To survive the world of The Walking Dead, I will uphold these values in the face of all adversity, and teach them everyone around me.