Re: [Marxism] Is Cuba really turning to GM crops?

[David Picón Álvarez <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

From: "Ruthless Critic of All that Exists" <ok.president+nbsy@xxxxxxxxx>
> In any case,Cuba needs to be applauded for not kow-towing to the
> Luddite, reflexively anti-GM greenie-green bandwagon.

Absolutely. A good part of this opposition seems to be rooted in 
quasi-religious views about the goodness of nature (and the consequent 
badness of artificiality) not too far from the conception some have of God's 
plan. I'm aware there are some better reasons to oppose GM (mostly, 
regulation about testing isn't stringent enough in many places, and 
regulation about informing the consumer is certainly insufficient in the US, 
as well as many patent-related issues) but in my experience most people who 
manifest an opposition to GM (and here in Europe this opposition is very 
widespread) do so from a reactionary antitechnological bias.

--David.


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