• RangerAndTheCat@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    Of r&d came from any sort of university program or study at the facilities by any graduate or undergrads we already paid for the r&d more than likely it’s like when the government sold means and military vehicles vans gear to local cops we already paid once for it the first time and we are getting charged again

    • village604@adultswim.fan
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      14 hours ago

      You can argue that until you’re blue in the face and it won’t mean shit.

      While the system of government these drugs/crops are developed under is capitalist, we’re stuck with the same shit.

      This is an instance of “don’t hate the player, hate the game.”

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        11 hours ago

        It’s totally reasonable to hate the players. The game can’t continue without players. Legality is NOT morality.

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        12 hours ago

        I will hate the game and the player, thank you very much. Even under this system, other choices could have been made that are neither illegal or financially nonviable, so Monsanto is very much responsible for the choices they did make. They’re not victims of the systems, they’re gleefully pursuing everything the system lets them get away with.

        Of course, if you want things to change, it is indeed changes to law and government incentives that need to be pursued. But in order for that to happen, you need enough people to get upset about the current state of things, and for that you need concrete examples. And it doesn’t get more concrete than this.