We are all forced to participate in a society that is held … - Peter Gelderloos

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We are all forced to participate in a society that is held together by structural violence, and rewarded for our participation with various privileges, though these privileges are spread unevenly across society. Given that those who use some form of visible, antisocial violence are often the least likely to enjoy the privileges of structural violence, there is no feasible way to determine who is violent and who is not.

Peter Gelderloos

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Peter Gelderloos (born 1982) is an anarchist and author from Virginia (United States).

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