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Of course youre right, but its not a perfect system. People are getting greedy with new technology, and a lot of the food weve been eating has caused more health issues in the past than a lot of people know about. And its still happening now, and it could get worse with the FDA and USDA constantly working within corporate interests to allow more synthetics and telling consumers it fits our standards so its good enough for you.
Genetic engineering is still a new technology. It hasnt been around very long. I am talking about the level of genetic engineering we see today, using chemicals and manmade hormones and freaky stuff like that. What youre talking about is a natural occurence that really had no subversive effects on anyone. Genetic engineerings only been around for about 30 years. And since its introduction to food production, granted there have been some benefits, American health has plummeted, and its taken out the little guy. Family farmers have been forced to sell their land, and the ones remaining scrape by. Its really taken out the balance between rural and urban commerce, something the economy depends on.
And even worse is the fact that in about 20 years, most of Americas farmers will retire and most of them have no one to take over the farm, allowing even more room for factory farmland.
Genetic engineering has a lot more to do with a lot of how we live our lives than is really noticeable right now, but eventually the consequences will catch up with us.
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