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Karasu

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17. In case anyone somehow doesn't get why the regime is making this a thing...it's not about convenience or what
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 06:35 PM
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"the public" prefers. They are doing what modern conservatives always do and trying to normalize a new debate to shape the narrative the way they want it to be shaped. Just like they do with public health policy (see RFK's fucking insane HHS). In short, they want to make short-sighted anti-environmental policy to still be seen as a legitimate point of view, even as the climate crisis intensifies. It's a direct extension of the normalization of climate change denial in the public sphere.

They have and continue to put a great deal of time, energy, and money into dismantling environmental regulations, because they and their donors have a strong vested interest in perpetually maintaining the corporate status quo of dumping untenable amounts of plastic into the ocean. Their strong push for only plastic straws is just another conservative way of saying "fuck you" to the so-called "green agenda" and an attempt to assure that our unsustainable system stays exactly as is for the foreseeable future. Simply to maximize corporate profit, as with everything they do. It's just more late-stage capitalist BS.

That's literally all there is to it.

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There is no matter too small for Trump to harass Americans with. Irish_Dem Saturday #1
Wow, accepting public input on straws, but not for ending USAid or Voice of America sinkingfeeling Saturday #2
How About No Straws? modrepub Saturday #3
This. The only time I ever use straws is if I have some sort of oral injury or dental work. travelingthrulife Saturday #7
Why do people use them? WestMichRad Saturday #10
This message was self-deleted by its author GJGCA Saturday #12
He even said, paper straws melt ! rickford66 Saturday #4
I remember as a kid BumRushDaShow Saturday #5
Paper doesn't melt from heat. Igel Saturday #13
Seriously??? We aren't allowed to weigh in on anything else, but straws...that is really important travelingthrulife Saturday #6
Y'know, WHO FUCKING CARES? louis-t Saturday #8
Great, how is it I have been able to thrive so long ToxMarz Saturday #9
Most Americans under the age of 50 have never seen or used a paper straw FakeNoose Saturday #11
Funny thing is, being well over 50 I actually remember paper straws. They did not come apart in use... Hekate Saturday #14
Great observations and I totally agree! FakeNoose Saturday #16
Probably because... SickOfTheOnePct Saturday #15
In case anyone somehow doesn't get why the regime is making this a thing...it's not about convenience or what Karasu Saturday #17
This reminds me of... WestMichRad Saturday #18
Yep. Hell, during his first term, he literally issued a fucking executive order to change the water flow of showerheads Karasu Saturday #19
I am still haunted by my Kindergarten teacher yelling at me BigmanPigman Sunday #20
FWIW, McDonald's straws melt in their coffee TexasBushwhacker Sunday #21
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