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Because the consequences of losing are so terrible, people tend to avoid serious fighting if they can. Being hunted - a far more likely state - is decidedly un-fun.
Being hunted is just as likely as hunting. It's just that being hunted is much worse than hunting is good.
Also, being in the state of trying to avoid being hunted is also un-fun.