Gary’s Economics has as usual many great videos about this

https://youtu.be/BJcpgg6-hNA

It sucks because this ridiculous setup distorts everything about the economy and benefits no one except banks and the rich

I mean, I did. Highly recommend. Spoiler alert almost all the non-USA people places a multinational company would offer to post you don’t have guns

Also fuck bamboo straws and other paper straws filled with PFAS. just use a normal straw or none at all