Nonviolence assumes that instead of defending ourselves against violence, we can suffer violence patiently until enough of society can be mobilized t… - Peter Gelderloos

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Nonviolence assumes that instead of defending ourselves against violence, we can suffer violence patiently until enough of society can be mobilized to oppose it peacefully (or that we can expect to “transform” any aggression that threatens us individually). Most proponents of nonviolence will present it as not merely a narrow political practice but a philosophy that deserves to penetrate the very social fabric and root out violence in all its manifestations.