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by wolverine876 1664 days ago
> What about for vitamins, or pet food, or any other “durable” products that are supposed to last for X years?

We could, as a society, make rules that prohibit these things and create organizations with the expertise and power to enforce those rules. We are hardly helpless, but the political trend is to forgo and even decry that power, do nothing, and then whine about how helpless we are.

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It's called consumer protection, and it's weaker in the US than many other advanced countries.