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1. The original motivation for opposition to GMO was mainly religious I believe ("Don't mess with the creation"), but somehow turned into "GMO is dangerous". 2
by nn3 6y ago
1. The original motivation for opposition to GMO was mainly religious I believe ("Don't mess with the creation"), but somehow turned into "GMO is dangerous".
2. While GMO by itself is not dangerous a lot of the things that are done with it are. Roundup is very evil stuff, and GMO made it possible.
3. Another problem is also the business model behind a lot of commercial GMO crops, where the farmer essentially signs away all their rights.
2 and 3 are good reasons to be opposed to a lot of GMO.
- allears 6y agoAgreed. Genetic modification (outside the lab) has been a mainstay of plant breeding for millennia. And even in a lab environment, it can be a useful and beneficial tool. Unfortunately, greedy corporations have used this tool to increase profits at the expense of farmers and the general population. And the hippies have reacted to this chicanery with the idea that "all GMO is bad." But the idea that objecting to corporate misuse of GMO is somehow immoral -- well, you're a right-winger.
- gHosts 6y agoActually, the main motivation I have seen over the decades has always been some variant of the Precautionary Principle. https://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/PrecautionaryPrinciple.html https://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/PrecautionaryPrinciple.ht...