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Or having enough money to make unprofitable problems profitable for them (e.g. Step 1 invest in Monsanto; Step 2 push Monsanto in developing companies through '

Or having enough money to make unprofitable problems profitable for them (e.g. Step 1 invest in Monsanto; Step 2 push Monsanto in developing companies through 'philanthropy').

dvfjsdhgfv 8y ago
I'm not a fan of Gates, but it's very unfair to say such things without providing a reliable source.
- _emacsomancer_ 8y ago
  Why is the Gates foundation investing in GM giant Monsanto? - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2010/sep/29/gates-foundation-gm-monsanto https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matte... Are Gates and Rockefeller using their influence to set agenda in poor states? - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/jan/15/bill-gates-rockefeller-influence-agenda-poor-nations-big-pharma-gm-hunger https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/jan/15/b... Monsanto, US, & Gates Foundation pressure Kenya to reverse GMO ban - https://www.rt.com/news/328014-kenya-gmo-us-gates-monsanto/ https://www.rt.com/news/328014-kenya-gmo-us-gates-monsanto/ Gates Foundation is spearheading the neoliberal plunder of African agriculture - https://theecologist.org/2016/jan/21/gates-foundation-spearheading-neoliberal-plunder-african-agriculture https://theecologist.org/2016/jan/21/gates-foundation-spearh... (And there's lots of articles attacking from a more purely anti-GMO stance, which I don't find particularly helpful, as it's largely the politics/economics behind Monsanto that are the most disturbing.)
  - dvfjsdhgfv 8y ago
    Having read these articles, it seems to me he's trying to follow the logic he knows. Hunger? Let's make a partnership with crop-related companies. Diseases? Let's talk to the big pharma. He's following the ways he understands. Not everybody has as much courage as the Indian government in that respect.
    - _emacsomancer_ 8y ago
      > he's trying to follow the logic he knows. Right - and that's the scary thing. We see what he did in the realm of computing --- now imagine the parallels in the agricultural infrastructure of countries across the world.

Or having enough money to make unprofitable problems profitable for them (e.g. Step 1 invest in Monsanto; Step 2 push Monsanto in developing companies through 'philanthropy').

dvfjsdhgfv 8y ago

I'm not a fan of Gates, but it's very unfair to say such things without providing a reliable source.

_emacsomancer_ 8y ago
Why is the Gates foundation investing in GM giant Monsanto? - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2010/sep/29/gates-foundation-gm-monsanto https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matte... Are Gates and Rockefeller using their influence to set agenda in poor states? - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/jan/15/bill-gates-rockefeller-influence-agenda-poor-nations-big-pharma-gm-hunger https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/jan/15/b... Monsanto, US, & Gates Foundation pressure Kenya to reverse GMO ban - https://www.rt.com/news/328014-kenya-gmo-us-gates-monsanto/ https://www.rt.com/news/328014-kenya-gmo-us-gates-monsanto/ Gates Foundation is spearheading the neoliberal plunder of African agriculture - https://theecologist.org/2016/jan/21/gates-foundation-spearheading-neoliberal-plunder-african-agriculture https://theecologist.org/2016/jan/21/gates-foundation-spearh... (And there's lots of articles attacking from a more purely anti-GMO stance, which I don't find particularly helpful, as it's largely the politics/economics behind Monsanto that are the most disturbing.)
- dvfjsdhgfv 8y ago
  Having read these articles, it seems to me he's trying to follow the logic he knows. Hunger? Let's make a partnership with crop-related companies. Diseases? Let's talk to the big pharma. He's following the ways he understands. Not everybody has as much courage as the Indian government in that respect.
  - _emacsomancer_ 8y ago
    > he's trying to follow the logic he knows. Right - and that's the scary thing. We see what he did in the realm of computing --- now imagine the parallels in the agricultural infrastructure of countries across the world.