Of course, but we constantly hear that the environment is a global concern. That's why people outside of Sweden are willing to sit and be lectured by Greta Thunberg. What happens in China impacts everybody, and the global community can impact China. This is a country that is strong almost entirely because of global trade.
He certainly won't give a damn if you don't complain about him. However, if you influence your country and the UN to impose economic sanctions on him, he sure as hell will.
It's not dishonest. It's just grossly overblown. It's like telling someone they can improve their health by drinking bottled water. The effect will be nominal at best. Unless you drive that straw to the ocean and throw it in, there's almost zero chance of it ever getting into the ocean, because we generally don't dispose of garbage by throwing it into the ocean.
Banning plastic straws won't do much more than wearing a ribbon will cure AIDS or breast cancer. Calling your congressman and telling him to impose sanctions on China unless they stop dumping plastic trash into the oceans will do far more. But that's not sexy and doesn't create a virtue signalling opportunity.
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