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I'm not going to comment for or against GMOs or whatever. But can we all take a minute to appreciate the staggering stupidity of the CEO of Monsanto saying: "E
by twinkletwinkle 10y ago
I'm not going to comment for or against GMOs or whatever. But can we all take a minute to appreciate the staggering stupidity of the CEO of Monsanto saying:
"Every farmer is a smart businessperson, and a farmer is not going to pay for a technology if they don’t think it provides a major benefit"
This is
a) obviously more marketing than anything, pandering to his customers
b) Demonstrably false. It's simply untrue that every farmer is a smart businessperson.
c) Besides the point. What the farmers "think" is not the same as what's real.
- Laforet 10y agoBack when GMO soy was banned in Brazil, farmers simply banded together and paid smugglers to bring seeds from neighboring Argentina. If the benefits were not so immediate I doubt they'd bother to break the law.
- cfmcdonald 10y agoRight now there are people going to lots of trouble to smuggle rhino horns for use as an aphrodisiac. If the benefits were not so immediate I doubt they'd bother to break the law.
- Oletros 10y agoA wrong analogy is still a wrong analogy.