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Re:EPA Official Accused of Helping Monsanto ‘Kill’ Cancer Study by TeMPOraL on Thursday June 29, 2017 @05:46AM (#14661939)
Maybe they simply don't give a damn, because they realize general population is not their target market, and so it doesn't matter what regular people think of them?
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Re:EPA Official Accused of Helping Monsanto ‘Kill’ Cancer Study by thrillgore on Thursday June 29, 2017 @09:39AM (#14663173)
And yet as an agricultural company, almost every person on earth is touched by their products or intellectual property. Regular people don't care but 7 billion potential and unaware users of their products might...
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Re:EPA Official Accused of Helping Monsanto ‘Kill’ Cancer Study by TeMPOraL on Thursday June 29, 2017 @09:41AM (#14663190)
The question is - does "7 billion potential and unaware users" becoming aware affects their bottom-line? If it doesn't, then they probably won't care.

I'm not saying it is good, but that's how things work. That's e.g. why boycotts generally don't work.

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