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Surely this argument can be used to criticize any field, though - "the question is whether the technology industry can be trusted to self-regulate" - "the quest
by tstactplsignore 10y ago
Surely this argument can be used to criticize any field, though - "the question is whether the technology industry can be trusted to self-regulate" - "the question is whether the pharmaceutical industry can be trusted to self-regulate"- and so on. If you what you have is a concern about capitalist abuse and are calling for checks on and regulation of corporate power, all the power to you (I strongly support these concerns and calls in all industries). However, to be "anti-GMO" because of what some corporations who make them may do in the future is like being "anti-Internet" or "anti-medicine" for the same reasons.
- kristopolous 10y agoEnvironmentalists are those with concerns about environmental consequences and advocate for scrutiny of things which may lead to them. The organizations chartered with environmental concern decidedly focus on such things. There are certainly people who are anti-internet or anti-medicine, but they are called different things. Additionally there are purely anti-capitalist people. However, one can be pro-capitalist and pro-free market while simultaneously claiming that the tobacco companies violated this trust of the market. People are complex creatures and take on a variety of labels with varying degrees of precision, passion, and commitment.