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>>And don't forget Monsanto ... which is now backed by the Courts.
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>Please expound on this point, I don't get it?
>John

Monsanto has developed a strain of Canola that is resistant to herbicides and for which you need a license if you want to grow it.

The Courts however, have no concept of "dust in the wind"; or in this case, "seeds".

Farmers are getting sued by Monsanto for "illegally" growing Monsanto Canola. The Courts have sided with Monsanto. Farmers are having to destroy their crops if they don't pay up, even though they maintain they haven't done any seeding using Monsanto's Canola. There's no other evidence than this stuff growing here and there.

It's a reflection of how the system works in Canada. (Western) Farmers also can't sell wheat on the open market, even if it rots in the silos. They have to go thru marketing boards. The alternative is fines, confiscation and/or jail.

So when someone starts talking Socialism/Communism/Nationalism, it triggers a gagging reflex in me.