The imperative of nonviolence overrides the basic respect of trusting people to liberate themselves. - Peter Gelderloos

Oppressive social hierarchies exist and replicate themselves in the behavior of all subjects and must be overcome internally as well as externally.

Nonviolence refuses to recognize that it can only work for privileged people, who have a status protected by violence, as the perpetrators and beneficiaries of a violent hierarchy.

“Violence” is whatever the person speaking at the moment decides to describe as violent. Usually, this means things they do not like. As a result, the use of the category “violence” tends towards hypocrisy. If it is done to me, it is violent. If it is done by me or for my benefit, it is justified, acceptable, or even invisible.