“We are going to do something that I will say is slightly controversial but it shouldn’t be. We are going to indemnify policemen and precincts and states and cities from being sued. We want them to do their job. Our police and law enforcement has to come back and they want to come back and …

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/9405812

“We are going to do something that I will say is slightly controversial but it shouldn’t be. We are going to indemnify policemen and precincts and states and cities from being sued. We want them to do their job. Our police and law enforcement has to come back and they want to come back and they want to do their job. And we are going to indemnify them so they don’t lose their wife, their family, their pension, and their job. We are going to indemnify policemen and law enforcement. We are going to tell them to get out, we love you, do your job.” – Trump, speaking last night at the New York Young Republicans Club gala.

Trump going after the tyrant vote.

  • @Ensign_CrabEnglish
    1•1 year ago

    Consumer goods manufacturers were pledging to stop using single use plastics because customers were demanding them to be more sustainable. It would’ve been devastating to my company’s revenue if that happened, so corporate started looking at how to reliably recycle plastics and reuse them all the way on the chemical feedstock level.

    I hope everyone actually moves away from single use plastics. Instead of making pledges they have no intention of honoring and “looking into” things they’ll never actually do.

    • @assassin_aragorn
      1•1 year ago

      My understanding is that the work is being seriously pursued – as in actual dollars have been spent and there’s equipment currently proving out the tech. It’s a far cry from all the other greenwashing the company does and did. There’s enough going on that I think it’s legit, especially since this was an industry wide effort.

      To clarify, their plan is to turn “single use plastics” into just “plastics” by chemically reprocessing the waste from single use plastics. You wouldn’t be melting the plastic and then reblowing it - you’d be melting it and reacting it several times first.

      I don’t expect you to believe me a priori, I would certainly have my doubts if I hadn’t been in the department. I hope it pans out because it wouldn’t just cut down on plastic waste. There would be value in collecting the waste all over the oceans, and if there’s one thing you can rely on, it’ll be some venture capitalist starting a company to harvest all of that.

      • @Ensign_CrabEnglish
        1•1 year ago

        It’s a far cry from all the other greenwashing the company does and did.

        Until there’s results, there’s no reason to believe anything they say. It’s just vapor to stop companies from abandoning single use plastics.

        • @assassin_aragorn
          2•1 year ago

          That’s fair. There’s always a chance they kill it within the next few years too.