The non-violence of the anti-Soviet movement in Eastern Europe does not reflect a deep, unchanging, or eternaltruth about any of the ethnic groups involved.
The second eternaltruth: Success is not a zero-sum game, though most academic economists, pundits and politicians act as if it were--maybe because they vie for glory in zero-sum professions. (There can be only 1 U.S. President and 100 senators, for example.) The third eternaltruth: The Golden Rule is more than a spiritual truth, it is a business truth.