No, I am not, but I do find myself apologizing and admitting I'm wrong well before I find myself arguing the most conclusive proof that could possibly exist. Which differentiates me in some way, imo.
I'm not sure what you're referencing, but I praise you for maintaining that mindset.
But no one commits this type of fraud assuming they would be caught....
Once the general question of if they got what they paid for has been resolved, the only question left is "why would the distributor give them a product far inferior to what was advertised". And when most businesses commit fraud on their customers, they do it because they think they won't get caught. So, no, the distributor is probably not sitting around wondering about racial backlash from a crime that they don't think they'll ever get caught committing.
And yet nearly as few would believe they could commit this fraud without being caught. That's precisely the point. This is risky, risky business. Isn't one of the central allegations, here, that nobody else was defrauded-- that their yields were true? If this is commonplace then one would suspect there to be other victims. To specifically defraud blacks and only blacks would add a great deal of risk without adding any profit.
Why introduce racism to a fraud scheme when it doesn't add to your profits? Even to those for whom that irrational spite runs this deep they tend to be more rational about protecting their own interests i.e. income sources. This is to say that if they can do something to hurt blacks, they will, or might, but only if they don't risk harming themselves: cowards among criminals. It makes them the most dangerous kind.
I recall those who objected to us accusing the Cubans for the sonic attacks on our diplomats. They pointed out it made no sense to attack foreign diplomats on their own soil. I said, "Agreed, but I don't care. Whether it was them, or a friend of theirs, acting without consent, or someone else, how can I know? I can only know it is
their land, and where
they control security, so I will rationally perceive them to be the prime suspect, and hold them responsible in the absence of certainty" (since it's a national security matter, and not a criminal courtroom).
Turns out...nope, probably wasn't them. So those who said it was illogical were right unless you believe the Cubans were also perpetrating it in even greater volume in China-- maybe to throw us off? Personally, I now suspect the Russians.
There's no question as to whether or not the farmers received a fraudulent product:
Indeed, but this would appear to go beyond fraud as Jeff has pointed out. For example, this happens a ton in the marijuana industry. The festivals and awards ceremonies exist as a way for growers to gain brand recognition and personal reputation. They then will sell their champion "strains" via seed around the world. This black/grey market has been around for half a century now, but it really got going when the internet hit.
Nevertheless, I knew the nephew of one of the multiple category winners and grand champion of the Emerald Cup, and he told me that his uncle talked about the widespread lack of integrity with regard to this business that he had witnessed over the course of his life as a top grower. Winning strains could rarely meet demand, you see, so they would just ship out other similar Sativas or whatever they had on hand that resembled the strain, visually. "As long as people got beautiful buds, and blasted, nobody really asked questions, or for a refund."
@Prefect brought up a very possible scenario as well. There’s basically 2 types of soybeans raised, Liberty Link(Bayer) and Round Up ready (Monsanto). Round up as we all know is glyphosate resistant and Liberty Link is glufosinate resistant. If you spray glufosinate on round up ready stuff, or vice versa, it will kill off the plant.
The farmers could have sprayed the wrong chemical or were given the wrong chemical. Even something like not cleaning out your sprayer between chemicals can do lots of damage.
As for it being stored improperly, that’s highly unlikely. Bad soybeans smell horrendous and they would have caught it when seeding. I can’t explain the smell, but it’s rank. They also swell to a noticeable size when wet.
They could have cracked them when handling, but you’d have to do it intentionally because there’s no way you’d crack almost every seed even if you trickled them through multiple augers.
Noted. Thank you.