“Cashiers And Shelf-Stockers And Delivery-Truck Drivers Aren’t Heroes. They’re Victims.”

Calling Me a Hero Only Makes You Feel Better
I work in a grocery store. All this grandiose praise rings insincere.
Karleigh Frisbie Brogan, The Atlantic, 18 April 2020

Cashiers and shelf-stockers and delivery-truck drivers aren’t heroes. They’re victims. To call them heroes is to justify their exploitation.

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