[Marxism] Is Cuba really turning to GM crops?

[John Thornton]

David Picón Álvarez wrote:
> From: "Ruthless Critic of All that Exists" <ok.president+nbsy at gmail.com>
>   
>> 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.
>   

I'd be interested in some statistics on that.
Every person I know who opposes GM does so on the grounds that it is 
more about capitalisms imperative to increase productivity, even at risk 
to others, than good science.
They all agree that GM crops can be a boon to humankind if done for 
different reasons than terminator seeds and roundup ready soybeans that 
have profit seeking as their only goal.

John Thornton