A village council must evict 20 families for a critical dam.

A village council must evict 20 families for a critical dam. The dam's failure would flood 2,000 homes downstream.

• 45% chose: Order the 20 families' immediate eviction. (28 people)
• 55% chose: Allow the dam to fail, displacing 2,000 homes. (34 people)

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