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Originally Posted by Still Growing

Profit. The seeds have to be purchased every year and the farmers cannot harvest their own seeds.

Being the only source for farmers to buy seeds from, i.e. controlling the food supply, would result in a hefty profit for a corporation like Monsanto. That is reason enough to attempt this feat. I believe there are more sinister intentions as well.

No the US is a free market for the most part however there are some industries that have monopolies. I am open to the idea that the gov't created a seed monopoly. Just give me a little evidence other than the seeds being infertile.

The US has a free-er market than most European countries, which are basically socialist states. But we do not live in a free market. Not even close. Realize that you are on the opposite side of the fence from Austrian economists like Murray Rothbard and Nobel Prize winner Friedrich Hayek. The Austrians are the authorities on free market economics. They hugely critical of government economic policies in America and would never say we have a free market.

You can't have a free market and a huge government. It's impossible. Monopolies are a direct result of big government, StillGrowing. Big government stifles competition through heavy taxes and regulations.

I have heard that Monsantos seeds yield bigger and more healthy crops. Is that true? If so then maybe the farmers are also buying Monsantos seeds because they are superior.

I don't know. Does it matter? If you can't get your seeds from any place else it doesn't matter.

You said that I was flippant to assume that its easy to make a switch but maybe you're flippant that Monsantos is in on a food control conspiracy. I am not saying that they are not but I am saying that the motivation to make seeds infertile for profits is clear; any other accusation should be supported by some facts. Again, farmers have to buy seeds yearly from Monsantos and so therefore they keep a loyal customer. HP attempts to control consumer's ink cartridge purchases by not uniforming their cartridge supplies. Are they doing this for profit or are they in on a major conspiracy to control what the world's printing of documents and therefore control all future information? You see my point.

It is in every corporation's nature to get as large a market share as possible. (Side note: That is impossible without big government. Monopolies hardly ever form in a truly free market, but that is irrelevant to this issue.)

Controlling the supply of a product is a monopoly. What was Rockefeller attempting to do with his monopoly on oil in the early 1900s? Was he not attempting to control the supply of oil in the United States? That is a corporation's nature. That doesn't mean corporations are bad. It is what they do.

Whether genetically modified crops are better or not, well that depends on who you ask right? Do you believe the USDA or FDA, which have members who worked for the Monsanto corporation are going to bad mouth their former employer? Are they really going to look into the possible dangers of these crops?

Do you trust the corporately funded studies that say these plants are safe?

Farmers have to use these GM seeds because they can't compete in the market without them. That is the reason organic costs so much more. So in the end, it is up to us, the consumer to make the right choices, not the farmer.
Monsanto and the Roundup Ready Controversy - SourceWatch

I will tell you how I'll believe that Monsantos is in on a world food conspiracy. Show me that private bankers who have a monopoly on the USD own a controlling share in Monsantos and I'll buy it.

Good question. That is an interesting idea that I hadn't thought of. Turns out the Rockefeller Foundation (as in the mega-rich banking and oil family) works very closely with Monsanto and funds Monsanto's research.

In 1999 the Rockefeller Foundation told Monsanto to stop research on a terminator gene because of the PR fall-out. Monsanto listened. Does this prove how much sway they have over the company? Monsanto later bought the technology from someone else of course.
And what do ya know? The Rockefeller Foundation has a huge interest in 3rd world agriculture.
The Rockefeller Foundation - Agriculture (East Africa)

Quite frankly I don't know why more people are pissed that 13 private banks charge the US gov't interest on printing a fiat currency. Why do we pay interest to private banks in London, NY and Israel to print money for the US gov't? Why do they control our money supply, this is beyond understanding ?!

Agreed. I've done my research. I know how the international bankers truly run the show. We're on the same side man.

I just want to show how this cabal of international bankers control other things besides the money supply. They control everything. Government. Multinational corporations. The media. They are obviously attempting to control the food supply.

We're marching towards one world government and this is just one of the many ways they are implementing it.