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Jericho had walls when most of the rest of humanity was nomadic hunter-gatherers.
City walls generally weren't built because people feel safe and secure already.
I think it sort of depends on what time period we're talking about. Jericho and other walled cities came about after a certain point. By then, there certainly were societies that lived off raiding the less nomadic agrarian societies, not very peaceful or egalitarian.