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[–] lawofchaos 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
I really wish people would fucking wake up about this. On one side, we've got idiots who are against GM foods because they're worried about autism and mutants or something, making anyone against it look stupid. And on the other side we have people all in support of it because it's safe to eat and think of the poor starving children in Africa.
What about the threat to ecosystems? What about the prospect of having the food that we grow patented and owned and distributed by fucking corporations? If they were really interested in 'fixing' the world, they would have made their products the equivalent of 'open source' anyway.
Africa is doomed. The leaders are stupid and greedy and corrupt. As long as there is some quick cash to be made in the short term (that goes towards mansions and luxury cars while schools and hospitals close due to lack of funding), then fuck the rest, let it burn.