Paris prepares for the 2024 Olympics, cloaked in eco-friendly promises. Yet, it permits Coca-Cola to sidestep the single-use plastic ban, inciting criticism. The alternatives of glass and reusable vessels seem no better than plastic itself.

Amid this, the "far right" and "progressive" elites tout climate initiatives while continuing their lavish lifestyles with private jets and mega-yachts. This duality starkly exposes the rift between rhetoric and reality. 

The public feels betrayed, witnessing a city more focused on corporate gains than true environmental change. The ambition of Paris dims in the shadow of hypocrisy.

The Digest, 8/3/2024 @730PM, CDT

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