We Get the Government We Deserve

Without taking a position on whether GMOs are good or bad, we note that the public gets the government it deserves through the electoral process. Thus, we get this kind of government as reported by NewsMax in Americans Too Stupid for GMO Labeling: It's pretty rare that members of Congress and all the witnesses they've called will declare out loud that Americans are just too ignorant to be given a piece of information, but that was a key conclusion of a session of the House Agriculture Committee this week. The issue was genetically modified organisms, or GMOs. Members of the subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture, as well as their four experts, say that the genetic engineering of food crops has been a success, and that people who oppose GMOs, or want them labeled, are alarmists who thrive on fear and ignorance. Entirely missing from the hearing was any suggestion that there are real concerns about the impact of genetically engineered food, such as the growth of pesticide-resistant "super weeds," over-reliance on single-crop factory farming, decreased biodiversity, and the lack of a consistent approval process. Clearly, Congress' opinion of the electorate matches the electorate's opinion of Congress.

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