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Originally Posted by simonmark6
Personally I don't like my answer but I think its true.
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From a social sciences perspective your answer is bang on.
This is basically the "prisoner's dilemma" scenario, in which human beings will more often than not adopt a tit for tat mentality - based on equal retaliation. In most cases, it can be expected that the two villages will cooperate with one another, at least initially.
Humans are seemingly hardwired for mutual cooperation.