Mutually Assured Abundance

Mutually assured abundance is a state of civilization, achievable at any point on the Kardashev Scale - when society gains a basic level of Self-determination. This implies the end of Artificial Scarcity, and common ills such as poverty and war. This also implies the end of corruption and mass control via politics and religion - as opposed to a more enlightened state. In the 14th century, humanity has reached the Enlightnenment, where scientific belief and fact has replaced superstition as the main decision-making force. However, in today's world, while some reason exists, there is still a vibrant mix of misinformation and reptilian-brain functioning in humans where misinformation, fear, and emotion dominate decisionmaking in most of the public.

Artificial scarcity is defined as the poor distribution of material wealth. Today's civilization lives in a state of artificial scarcity: where in the absolute abundance of natural resources and energy (we are currently at Kardashev Scale 0.0001) - the distribution of the economic product deriving from these natural resources produces a great disparity of wealth. Operationally, this is a result of Structural Evil - ie, the human institutions that codify, at the basic level, human psychology into law - but sociologically, may be defined more specifically as human frailty. Ignorance, post-truth, low self-esteem, and fear remain as the generic psychogical state of most people, resulting in politically manipulable societies that give rise to dictatorships. That is still an issue that we need to solve.

OSE presumes that solving artificial scarcity - by availing open source tools, knowhow, and Distributive Enterprises

This is a state opposite of the notion of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) - in that Mutually Assured Abundance eliminates the safety net that is presumed to be found in the doctrine of MAD.