First, this comment is emotionally manipulative, so I'm flagging it. Comments such as " Isn't putting this onto the consumer a little bit of a cop out?" and "Fe

First, this comment is emotionally manipulative, so I'm flagging it. Comments such as " Isn't putting this onto the consumer a little bit of a cop out?" and "Feels sort of tone deaf" do not intellectually contribute to the discussion in any way whatsoever and serve purely to emotionally manipulate the reader. Second, no, it's absolutely not a cop-out. You mentioned yourself that nation states crafted this system. You're a member of one of those nation states, and there's a very strong chance that it's a democratic one, in which case you still bear the responsibility to elect responsible leaders! The consumer absolutely bears all of the responsibility, because the consumer is, at least in the US and many other parts of the world, also the voter. Your apathy in responsible company research and product purchase is extremely likely also coupled with an apathy in representative research and activism. No, merely voting for your preferred political party does not automatically install good regulators - you actually have to invest effort into research and activism.