Reply #118: Your primary fallacy is compartmentalization [View All]

[IrateCitizen]

As proved by this post.

Agricultural subsidies are a HUGE issue in global trade talks right now. In fact, the unwillingness of the US and EU to bend on them caused the developing nations to walk out of the recent Cancun talks.

Now, considering that Monsanto, ADM and ConAgra wield incredible political clout -- do you think that this might have something to do with the unwillingness of the US to back off of agricultural subsidies and open our markets to developing nations' agricultural products?

I mean, these companies only stand to lose billions upon billions of dollars in business. Not just here, but in the developing nations, if they can't get their foot in the door FIRST.

You can try to compartmentalize the "science" from the "market" aspect of this issue, but you're committing a grave error in logic in doing so.