[sorokod]

"Forgiveness is a personal choice"

This is the core of the matter, and even more: feeling "anger and resentment towards someone who wronged you" in the first place, is a personal choice too.

To put it another way, the real question is not "Can Letting Go Set You Free?" but "Who exactly took away your freedom to start with?"

The mock game theoretic prelude in the post is confused and obfuscates these simple facts.