> Patents should expire but don't always do due to all sorts of shenanigans between corporations and govt.
I'm not familiar with this. Genuinely didn't know it was an issue.
> We however need to take a communal interest in the essential stuff.
Yeah, I'm 100% on board so far.
> I mean, a lot of damage could be done to societies before patents expire.
This is where you lose me. What's the threat model? Monsanto releases a food product that is so good that they capture the entire food market in some way that anti-trust regulators aren't able to regulate and then jack up the price, all before the patent expires? Presumably yours isn't a food safety concern because you're advocating for lowering the bar to GMO technology. This sentence sounds like FUD; help me understand why I'm mistaken.
You are correct in that my concerns are not primarily food safety although still a concern. I am more interested in food security. When whole countries are in the thrall of companies like Bayer/Monsanto because their farmers have become dependent on these companies' seeds partly due to 'well-meaning' initiatives like golden rice can feed millions, thats where i say 'hol up'
I'm not familiar with this. Genuinely didn't know it was an issue.
> We however need to take a communal interest in the essential stuff.
Yeah, I'm 100% on board so far.
> I mean, a lot of damage could be done to societies before patents expire.
This is where you lose me. What's the threat model? Monsanto releases a food product that is so good that they capture the entire food market in some way that anti-trust regulators aren't able to regulate and then jack up the price, all before the patent expires? Presumably yours isn't a food safety concern because you're advocating for lowering the bar to GMO technology. This sentence sounds like FUD; help me understand why I'm mistaken.