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The '''Trash Coscivians''' or '''Cosčavians''' are a social category or ethnoclass of low-income Coscivian-Kiravians who are viewed by other Coscivians as morally and intellectually deficient, undisciplined, and uncultured. Trash Coscivians are distinguished from other poor Coscivians, referred to by the middle classes as ''riśgakuya das esakir'' ( "poor with dignity" ), as being deficient in the {{wp|virtue ethics|virtue-ethical}} standards of Coscivian society. Unlike most working-class Coscivians, especially those in the coountryside, who generally are or claim to be grounded in traditional folk culture, Trash Coscivians are seen as lacking any connection to either traditional folk culture or to {{wp|high culture}}. They are also distinguished from individual Coscivians of poor character in that their "trashiness" is seen as collective and endemic.

Behaviours and characteristics associated with Trash Coscivians include illegitimacy, drinking vodka, eating {{wp|alkaline noodles}}, living in a {{wp|trailer park}} or decrepit Kirosocialist-style apartment block, functional illiteracy, petty criminality, cheap Western-style attire and a flashy or gaudy style of dress, crass consumerism, promiscuity, watching {{wp|reality television}}, and throwing spent liquor bottles at people and/or passing cars.

 

It is impossible to determine or reliably estimate the population of Trash Coscivians, due to the subjective nature and negative implications of the label. Only 438 people reported their ethnosocial background as Trash Coscivian or Cosčavian on the 21200 Kiravian Census, but this is not considered representative of the actual population. A study by anthropologists at the [[University of Belarus]] of twelve trailer parks and housing projects in [[Kastera]], [[Kiorgia]], [[Etivéra]], and [[Hiterna]] identified as Trash Coscivian communities by neighbouring Coscivians found that residents of these communities tend to identify as members of the dominant "regional Coscivian" ethnic group of the surrounding area (e.g. Thaskirem in Kastera, Kiorgians in Kiorgia, Xusran [[Kir people|Kir]] in Hiterna), even if their surnames reflected a different ethnic origin. Many also identified themselves as "Poor Coscivians". The study found that on average, people in these communities were considerably less knowledgeable about their own extended family, ethnic background, and genealogy than non-Trash Coscivians with comparable incomes from the same areas. Some sociology graduate fellows have reported, based on conversations with their coworkers at [[NoWaiter]], that a cohesive Trash Coscivian self-identity has begun to emerge in recent years among youth, formulated and disseminated by the {{wp|underground rap}} scene.

Many poor Coscivians living in areas with large Trash Coscivian populations embrace [[Coscivian National Congress|Coscivian nationalist politics]] in order to avoid being seen as Trash Coscivians. Trash Coscivians are also a feature of Coscivian nationalist rhetoric, presented as a cautionary example of {{wp|acculturation}} and {{wp|Westernisation}}, such as in Delegate Devar Hytriloden's (CNC - Hiterna) speech to the [[Federal Stanora]] in 21205, where he said "Deprived of our enlightened and exceptional culture, we will all be Trash Coscivians, and deprived of our Coscivian roots, we will become simply trash."