Rent A Modest Proposal

Synopsis

Presented in the guise of an economic treatise, the essay proposes that the country ameliorate poverty in Ireland by butchering the children of the Irish poor and selling them as food to wealthy English landlords. Swift's proposal is a savage comment on England's legal and economic exploitation of Ireland. Obviously tongue-in-cheek he makes a good case albeit radical commentary and very much A Modest Proposal.

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