Picking Garbage: First World Ingenuity, Third World Necessity

A post on Medium by Katie Salisbury applauds the ingenuity of two women in New York City that collect cans as a source of income.[1] These women, mother and daughter, are described as coming from humble beginnings and their hard work has brought them to a point where collecting cans is paying for the daughters’…

The Gluttony of First Worldism

The First Worldist line is composed of wanting more, more of everything. Yet in its very essence it is entirely reactionary. For First World people to demand more is to demand an increase in the exploitation of the Third World. First Worldism is inherently reactionary