The Non-GMO Project is a lie. The whole anti-GMO movement is a luddite scheme co-opted as a marketing ploy for the so-called "natural" foods industry.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2017/12/23/non-gmo-is-a-marketing-scam-nothing-more/ https://octodon.social/media/35jQB6U-d_L0_9s0Y7E
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There should be more distinction by the type of modification. Modifications for drought resistance are good, but modifications allowing for use of stronger pesticides are bad. However our whole agriculture system needs rethinking always. We can't go on sustainably by annually tilling soil and harvesting massive swaths of monoculture cropland instead of a mixup of no-till perennial crops instead. https://landinstitute.org/our-work/perennial-crops/
@thufir @craigmaloney @bob Perennials would be great. But what about modifications for using fewer herbicides, like round-up ready plants? The bad thing about those isn't the modification, but that the modification is tied to selling a specific herbicide.
@bob @craigmaloney @pzmyers
So trying to get IP laws loosened or removed in agriculture where it ultimately harms the planet and humanity itself and in technology where it often stifles the ability of activists to organize securely and independently. Genetic Modifications scare me as much as machine learning does in the hands of the wrong people (NSA, Facebook, Police) under the wrong licenses. Unfortunately technology, and the rights to it, has become intertwined with power politics.
@thufir @bob @craigmaloney This is also a net neutrality argument: food & information are essentials that the powers-that-be are trying lock up and control.
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I've always thought that a good short-term goal from a pragmatic anarchist standpoint would be to fight against intellectual property specifically in areas which are crucial to survival of mankind and a continued struggle. (1/2)