Big in Japan

[_watchtower_]

I’ve come across this issue in several places, journals, blogs and etc. This is not simply the totalitarian-capitalist horror scenario that some people have talked it up to be, but it still raises some interesting questions regarding laws that ostensibly benefit the people but benefit the economy more…

Japan to restrict sale of old electronics.

My own particular political and social leanings prevent me from thinking this is in any way a good idea, but you make up your own minds…

Full list of regulated electronics

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