While fighting against oppression, they themselves were nevertheless influenced by the circumstances of their upbringing, so the social movements they joined had a clear-cut hierarchy, and the views of the leaders carried a certain weight of authority. When divisions of opinion arose, it was often impossible to work them out, and factionalism was common.
他們在反抗之餘，卻也難脫這種成長背景的影響。因此一旦投身社會運動時，組織架構常是層級分明，領導者的個人意見即代表某種程度的權威；如果有人出現不同想法，常常無法有效溝通，團體內部所謂的「路線」、「派系」之爭也就時有所聞。