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[Major Nikon]

171. They don't even really create them directly

The vast majority of the work is done by universities working on grants paid for by Monsanto, other corporations, and/or the government. Golden Rice was developed purely by government and non-profit sponsorship. They only partnered with Syngenta for the production technology and infrastructure and even then Syngenta is providing it to them at cost, yet somehow this is still "evil" even though it will clearly save the lives of millions of children.

What's even more interesting is when you ask people why they hate Monsanto, you usually get answers like they are causing suicides of poor Indian farmers, even though cotton production has skyrocketed and suicides are down, which were epidemic before Bt cotton was even introduced. Or you get answers like Agent Orange, produced on license from the government by Monsanto and other companies with Monsanto being the only one that warned the government about it's use.

That's not to say there aren't other reasons to hate Monsanto, but if one wants to hate them they ought to come up with reasons that aren't based on fiction. The peril to using lies to further one's agenda is eventually those lies are going to be found out, and when that happens the credibility for their movement with the public collapses. That's why I always say that which can be debunked, should be. It doesn't serve anyone's interests to allow it to flourish, other than the opportunists which are making bank on misinformation campaigns.