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Funny how both sides possibly benefit in fighting, advancing and evolving.  
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Political tension has been shown to cause technological advancements, especially cold war (we got to the Moon because of the Communist/Capitalist Cold War). I never support war, but there's nothing wrong with some friction to trigger competition. XD

The need to overcome others is possibly one of the greatest drivers of human advancement. The Xim are no different, nor, I suspect, are the Federation humans.