We don’t spray pesticides on fruit to make people sad. Without them then fruit would be inaccessible to many people.
This is just a lucky side effect, I'm 100% sure that main goal is for the pesticides industry just take their cut on the producers margin. By growing those margins, sure, but it's not something that should be forgotten.
Without these pesticides food would be significantly more expensive and less accessible to many people.
I agree that we should talk about moving away from chemical dependent farming but we need to be aware of the full picture in order to avoid glib solutions.
I think what you are saying is that they have turned to predatory behaviour in order to grow profits and protect market share.
Your point would have been better made if you had said just that, with examples.
Now looking into alternate forms of resistances while still enjoying modern treatments, theres an idea.
Doesn't follow. We can create them today. Pretty sure farmers would be very happy on not having to dedicate resources to pest control.
It's probably not even feasible long term. Pests can and do adapt. The main problem is monoculture.
Also, those resistant cultivars are probably not going to do so well when it comes to other variables: shelf life, taste, etc.