they found that neighborhoods in which the followers of the girl had widespread support were likely to give the most ; because , first , most of them being non-violent , they had not usually been involved in combat , and had therefore suffered less damage ; secondly , being non-propertarian , they did not hang on to their extra resources , or demand anything in exchange for them ; and third , being committed to non-luxury , they were very liberal in estimating what they did not really need .