Political Science 2137 Lecture Notes - Instrumental And Value Rationality, Organic Food, Patent Infringement
19 Mar 2014
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1970: top 5 companies control 25% of the meat market. Now: top 4 companies control more than 80% of the market. Companies own chickens; farmers have no control over them. They"re not chickens we"re just producing food . It"s about efficiency to increase profits rather than care about what people put in their. Instrumental rationality: instrument something (we only see chickens as instruments) Animals a process for companies; a piece of organic machinery) Doesn"t matter if chicken gets sick they all go to plant for processing. Feed corn to animals (fish, chicken, cows, etc. ) Corn in everything (orange juice, syrup, coke, etc. ) Corn: really cheap, and makes cows fat quickly. Evolution makes cows eat grass, but companies feed cows corn because they"re cheap. Fda chairman have ties with food processing companies. Regulatory agency: not doing as much inspections as it should be. hamburger vs. more than lettuce in the supermarket.
