I don't think there's really any way to prevent things like this from happening. You never go out of the house expecting to get punched, and you never go out of the house being prepared for something like this.
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>Patagonia’s low-quality clothing is made in third-world countries with slave wages…
Patagonia is a source of plastic pollution. Easier to just buy local and insist on all-natural fibers appropriate to your biome. E.g. cotton in deserts, wool in mountains.
https://www.treehugger.com/patagonia-admits-theres-problem-synthetic-clothes-4855842