[extropy-chat] The Hidden Luddite was Re: peak oil debate

[Mike Lorrey]

--- "Lifespan Pharma Inc." <megao at sasktel.net> wrote:
> >
> >Even if Monsanto bought up all the seed companies in the world, new
> >competitors would spring up every day, because seeds cannot be
> monopolized.
> >  
> >
> 
> Not so, they are.  Ever hear of plant breeder's rights.To grow hemp I
> need a police criminal records check,
> a multipage app form, GPSmaps, all signed and done to exacting specs.
> I must buy certified seed from
> a licenced, approved, inspected grower, I must pay for inspection and
> lab testing of my crop and by law
> I must grow no less than 10 acres of crop. Just plug that one into
> your backyard urban survival garden for size.

So glad to see you making my case for me even better than I can. My
argument is that no government would be better, and you are proving my
point: it is government that is protecting the power of the
corporations over you with all its paperwork and background checks and
GPS data, etc etc etc in triplicate, filed annually, on time if you
please, sessir.... Without government, corporations have no power. They
have no ability to tell you what you can grow or how or where you grow
it.

Now, if you feel you need the corporations IP in its seeds to live
beyond your three score and ten, you either pay them and hold to your
contract, or you find a competitor. Without a government patent office,
there is nothing stopping anyone else from inventing the same
invention. If the corps are smart, they'll not push the issue, else
some well intentioned individual will launch an Open Seed Movement to
spread seed technology far and wide, as it once was.

Mike Lorrey
Vice-Chair, 2nd District, Libertarian Party of NH
Founder, Constitution Park Foundation:
http://constitutionpark.blogspot.com
Personal/political blog: http://intlib.blogspot.com

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