Nonviolence
OSE Case
OSE makes a claim that distributed, open source production and OSE Specifications produce a nonviolent economy. How can this be?
There is nothing much different on the outside in OSE's work - compared to production by other actors. In 2019, we rely on global supply chains - making us no less violent than anyone else.
Our motives are to replace any environmentally and socially damaging supply chains with local ones that are benign. That is built into OSE Specifications.
While nonviolence is a simple concept that people agree to on the surface, the reality is difference. From a material security perspective - the central problem of the modern economy is that survival (jobs) supercede ecocide and genocide in the big picture. In other words, the company president cannot fire his employees - but instead will do things because he has no option but to engage in destructive behavior (ecocide, genocide, or war). This is the personal side of global resource geopolitics.
The simple reality is - people have immediate needs, and saving the Chinese river dolphin or not cutting down a forest or not polluting simply take a second seat to needs of families. This sucks in a big way - but it's still the reality.
This basic dynamic underlies the concept of the relevance of material security - and that it shall be attained at any cost. This is the central theme of the One Dimensional Man.