ExxonMobil makes more than 26 times more money than Monsanto, and has a higher net profit margin, too. Combined, the countrys top 5 oil companies have a gross revenue exceeding $1.3 trillion, more than 87 times Monsantos revenue, and yet... ...they still cant get the worlds scientists to say global warming isnt a thing. If the oil companies cant buy a conspiracy of scientists, how can a pipsqueak like Monsanto manage it? Im planning a more in-depth blog post about GMOs and anti-GMO activism later. But the Monsanto buys off scientists conspiracy nuttiness needed addressing on its own, because its so ridiculous. Its easy to root for the underdog. One of the cheapest, most manipulative ways to make an argument is to refer to something you dont like as Big (Big Oil, Big Pharma, Big SCAM as I like to think of the Supplemental, Complementary, and Alternative Medicine community). We are culturally wired to love the underdog; a great deal of left identity is wrapped up in being the ones who root for the common man against Big Whatever. So the ideology of Monsanto as the Big Enemy has emotional resonance. We like to think of the small guy standing up against Big Monsanto, when the reality is Whole Foods, so beloved of hippies everywhere, is basically the same size big corporation as the oft-hated Monsanto, and both of them are tiny in the shadow of far larger companies like 7-11 and Target. Now if youll excuse me, Im going to head down to Starbucks for a pumpkin spice latte and listen to the hippies rant about how much they hate big corporations like Monsanto.
Posted on: Sun, 07 Sep 2014 15:49:36 +0000
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