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Why?
Ever hear of the prisoner's dilemma?
Name dropping a game theory hypothetical is not an argument.
You're right, it's not an argument. But it's a perfectly sufficient reply to a one-word question that doesn't properly provide an argument of its own.
Your original comment only garnered a one word question because you were too vague.
The original comment that garnered a one word response wasn't mine. Thanks though.
There was a vague "argument," followed by a request for elaboration, followed by another somehow more vague "argument" from yourself.