Open Source principles applied to biotech is a way we can today fight against the capture of oligarchical seed companies of the very foods we all need to live. Check out here to see what organizations in your area are part of the Global Coalition of Open Source Seed Initiatives (GOSSI).
Not sure I really get why its cringey, having intuitive catchy ways to describe important stuff is really helpful. I usually think I’m pretty sensitive to cringey stuff, but I dont really get that vibe with copyleft I guess