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chiro
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The comments about conspiracy theories are interesting.
A conspiracy is something where a group of people get together in secret to do something that is against the law (illegal). If someone can prove that a group of people are doing this then they can be charged with conspiracy.
Now anti-trust is a real law that has real consequences for economics and competition amongst other things.
If Monsanto was conspiring to get all seeds out there under one form of patent that they owned in order to become a monopoly in that market in secret, then it may actually meet the definition for conspiracy since there is a large body of law that is meant to deal with anti-trust.
I get a feeling that a lot of people that throw around the word "conspiracy" actually fail to understand exactly what it means and simply interpret it as some derogatory word that's associated with a kook or a crazy person without actually understanding what it really means.
There are people out there that do plan to do things that are potentially illegal in secret and if they do, then they are engaging in a real conspiracy.
A conspiracy is something where a group of people get together in secret to do something that is against the law (illegal). If someone can prove that a group of people are doing this then they can be charged with conspiracy.
Now anti-trust is a real law that has real consequences for economics and competition amongst other things.
If Monsanto was conspiring to get all seeds out there under one form of patent that they owned in order to become a monopoly in that market in secret, then it may actually meet the definition for conspiracy since there is a large body of law that is meant to deal with anti-trust.
I get a feeling that a lot of people that throw around the word "conspiracy" actually fail to understand exactly what it means and simply interpret it as some derogatory word that's associated with a kook or a crazy person without actually understanding what it really means.
There are people out there that do plan to do things that are potentially illegal in secret and if they do, then they are engaging in a real conspiracy.