I am too tired to think today but i got an idea that came to me during the walk at the refuge.
"The main religious premises of Jainism are ahiṃsā (non-violence), anekāntavāda (many-sidedness), aparigraha (non-attachment) and asceticism. Devout Jains take five main vows: ahiṃsā (non-violence), satya (truth), asteya (not stealing), brahmacharya (celibacy or chastity), and aparigraha (non-attachment)."
It would had been really difficult for them to survive across centuries and millennia with these principles. Thus they probably developed strategies similar to jujitsu or aikido which use through skillful manipulations adversaries' force and mental instability that ultimately leads to their defeat, like it probably happened in Europe during last century, i mean the two wars. However if it was them who manipulated the world back then it contradicted their principles cause many people where conscripted and force to kill each other. Or maybe not since they could have deserted and take their punishment instead of going and killing others.
