The will of the oppressed is often defeated by the will of the oppressor. It is such a beautiful inclination most people have that by doing nothing and continuing in our consumeristic tract, simply disagreeing, that human beings in distant cultures will just slowly align with ours.
The basic framework of human progress has been militant. It's disgusting. However, doing nothing and expecting everything is nearly as disgusting as militarism.
Perhaps there is a world where people constantly exert their efforts non-violently to overcome a distant foe of unrighteousness. We just don't live in that world...
As we have it, there are four main divisions in society, brahminical (priestly), kshatriya (warrior), vaishya (business and farming), and supra (helpers and delinquent [like oneself]).