Free trade, summarised - and pasturised Via Avedon's Sideshow, originally on
The Prospect:
"Latest word is the protectionists, led by Monsanto, want to make it illegal for people to buy ice cream from milk that was produced by cows not given growth hormones. According to an AP article, Monsanto has been lobbying state legislators to prohibit Ben and Jerry's and other ice cream makers from labeling their product as free of milk from cows that were given growth hormones."
Avedon notes, 'Why? Because advertising that your product comes from hormone-free cows implies that Monsanto milk might not be the best possible kind of milk, and therefore is bad advertising for Monsanto. And you're not allowed to advertise that your product might be better than Monsanto's. Isn't capitalism wonderful? '
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