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> Fearing GMOs because you don't like Monsanto's practices is like fearing computers in the 1990s because you don't like Microsoft's practices. I disagree. I c
by bigethan 11y ago
> Fearing GMOs because you don't like Monsanto's practices is like fearing computers in the 1990s because you don't like Microsoft's practices.
I disagree. I can live without a computer. I can't live without food.
I'm aware that there are other companies doing GMO work in the US, and that Monsanto is a global cancer. But the US is their place of greatest power and influence.
How many members of the EPA & FDA are former employees of Arcadia and Bioceres, and how much lobbyist money have they put into those pockets? You think Monsanto will let anyone try to succeed in "their" space without a brutal fight?
- andrenth 11y ago> How many members of the EPA & FDA are former employees of Arcadia and Bioceres, and how much lobbyist money have they put into those pockets? So the problem isn't "hardcore capitalism", it's a state so big that lobbying it is more effective/easier than competing in the market.
- Kalium 11y ago> How many members of the EPA & FDA are former employees of Arcadia and Bioceres This line of thinking is so odd to me. Shouldn't we want people in regulatory bodies to have an insider's understanding of an industry?