Powerful opponents are not going to give people what they want just because they asked nicely or even not so nicely. Nonviolent struggle works by destroying an opponent, not physically, but by identifying the institutions that an opponent needs to survive, and then denying them those sources of power.
Los oponentes poderosos no entregan a la gente lo que quiere solo porque se les pide amablemente, o no. La lucha no violenta se emplea para destruir al oponente, no físicamente, sino las instituciones que necesita para sobrevivir, negándole esas fuentes de poder.