The Invisible Heart of Modern Life Is the Garbage Worker ^22.6%

Jacobin - By Alex N. Press - 7/7/2026, 8:47 AM

Hasty Generalization 15.6% - Appeal to Authority 12.6% - Negativity Bias 11.6%

Simon Paré-Poupart begins <cite>Trash</cite>!, a memoir of his years as a garbage collector, by explaining why he started swearing again. He had promised religious friends he would stop taking the Lord’s name in vain. Then one day, he jumped off the truck and found eighteen overloaded contractor bags wedged between two badly parked cars.... more