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The "discover who really has the power to break these supposed “addictions.” (Hint: It’s you.)" rethoric is always pushed by lobbies for industries who do not want to be considered responsible for the harm their products cause.
For example, MacDonalds and other fast-food producers have been pushing that in order to fight rampant obesity, people should do more sport, rather than have limited access to deeply addictive, processed and sugary-filled foods.
If one look for reasons not to donate, they can always be found by thousands.
I find it beautiful that there is such a site as Wikipedia, that is free and open, and I am happy to contribute a tiny bit to it.
I don't know if I agree with you. These kind of agtech farms tend to get heavy on pesticides use and tillage, which on the long term kills the ground life.
And it leaves the farmers' hands tied when a bug happens : https://www.vice.com/en/article/xykkkd/why-american-farmers-...
Because it is immoral. It is not because it is maybe commonplace, and valued in a capitalist society, that it is a good thing.
And, the more you apply that mindset in the workplace, the more you will do it outside the workplace.
They effectively are. That's called paying conferences and travels to the doctors that will prescribe the pharmaceutics.