We couldn't see it before, but now we could. Probably we could because of all the movement we'd gone through. The whole context had changed. Suddenly we were unanimous and we'd come up with a great solution for the town. The solution was not a compromise.
Compromises are worse than defeat.
They mean everybody feels cheated a little, or that you've given in to the power thing, winners and losers. This was much more exciting and interesting and satisfying to everybody than any compromise would have been. The Iroquois did not believe in majority rule. Their council sat for as long as it took to find a solution that everyone could agree on. Discussion was often vigorous and heated.