What exactly is the appeal of piracetam over others?

I wrote a half asleep essay so what I'm specifically asking is what do you think of the idea that it's people who constantly spread propaganda and misinformation being the root of the problem?

I 100% agree. This is on all the shitty vendors and affiliate marketing sites that are improperly labeling piracetam, marketing it for the treatment of diseases, and making outlandish claims on it. If we didn't have that, we would not have had the heavy-handed enforcement. If people were not putting it into dietary supplements they were marketing to people for specific reasons, there would have been no reason to write that 2019 study. Without that 2019 study, there would not have been pressure put on the FDA to look into it further. Without the pressure, there would be no reason to start stopping shipments.

I'd argue it's not the government's fault because they have no real choice but to operate based on pandering specifically to the above people, the above people voting irresponsibly also being how shitty governments (as a whole or individuals) end up happening in the first place.

I agree somewhat. It's certainly not their fault that people are shitheads, and they need to fulfill their mandate. However, they should fulfill it clearly and within the bounds of the law. If people are improperly marketing piracetam, go after them. Send them enforcement letters and force them to comply. Don't use a loophole in the system to have CBP hold packages indefinitely without legal justification. I get that is an easier solution. Who is going to sue the federal government to get their piracetam released? It's much cheaper and easier than actually doing their jobs of enforcement. However, is that how we really want our government handling issues? If the problem is the shitheads, go after the shitheads! Punish the people causing the problem!

It's just like the student loan forgiveness thing. Schools and banks took advantage of people, and saddled them with shitloads of debt they might never pay off. Now people are talking about taxing all high income earners to pay for student loan forgiveness... Why not fucking tax the people that caused the problem in the first place?!?! Go after the people that have profited off the rising tuition! They caused the problem. They should be the ones that have to pay to fix it. Instead our government punished EVERYONE for the mistakes of the few. Socialized losses, but privatize gains. It makes our entire system a shitshow of morally bankrupt assholes looking to game the system, because they won't have to be the one paying to fix it later. Why do all the honest people who were not part of the problem have to be punished for the misdeeds of the few?

Businesses aren't a singular conscious entity and exist to make money, some are deceptive as all fuck, some (which I believe is ND's case) get their business by just being no bullshit and reliable. In either case, and yes in the case of big pharma, businesses exist to make money. It's up to the government (who also isn't just a single entity one can use as a convenient boogeyman (not necessarily referring to anyone specific)) to keep the asses of said businesses in check in the first place.

Sure, but look around. Is the government doing that? On average, would you say American businesses are trustworthy and have their customer's interests in mind? If your answer is no, then I propose that the government is failing at their mandate. Something needs to change. I don't think going extremist Libertarian is the way, but certainly what is being done now ain't working. The issue is that our system is fundamentally broken. Anything we talk about right now is going to have to work around a system that is just broken at a base level. Short of overhauling the entire system, all we can do is make small changes where we can. However, the is a LOT of money in making sure the current broken system doesn't get fixed. You are fighting against interests you can't even begin to imagine. So are we past the point of being able to peacefully fix it?