I always find it puzzling that people talk about where they think the show should move, or they should do X and Y because it will then allow them more freedom to tell Z story, when the entire progression of the story is pre-determined by source material. They're locked in, in that regard - even though they can tell the same story differently, it's still the same story.
As for their plan,
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Originally Posted by Clever_Iggy
Could be the whole "I'm Negan." thing that all members of the Survivors adopt. Decapitate the leader(s) and others step up with the same mentality. I think Rick's approach is meant to crush that spirit and not just take out the current leadership.
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This was also my reaction to the plan. Negan's entire influence is based on him selling people on the idea that this is the best way to survive now - you're loyal to a dictatorial leader, help him subjugate others, and you'll live in relative comfort, for which the only price is subservience (and your humanity, if you have any left, through what you have to do to the people who are under your boot).
Rick's now at the doors, and he's showing them that this isn't the best way to survive, after all. A group of three disparate communities decided to get together and try to help each other, rather than focusing on self-interest. And the Saviors can get a piece of that way of living too, no questions asked, if they just give up the guy who will happily torture and disfigure them for relatively minor slights. Oh, and by the way, here's a zombie horde to put you under as much pressure as possible. If there's a recipe for a mutiny, it's probably something like that. You could even see the guy on the right, whatever his name is, wavering in real time - "can we have a time out here?"