A Modest Proposal: For preventing the children of poor people in Ireland, from being a burden on their parents or country, and for making them beneficial to the public.

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In this satirical essay, Jonathan Swift lays out an argument for poor Irish families to sell their children as food to the elite class. The essay mocks the dismissive attitude towards the poor and the British view of the Irish people.

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4.3
157 reviews
Otamusima Sabaduña
July 2, 2021
take care, this likely wasn't intended as satire. you get the guess by 2 minutes and the full proposal by 6minutes in. it is a weird rating because i started listening to the audiobook fully seeking instruction to better myself for myself and others. it isn't wrong, but i couldn't finish listening because it seems far from right. eat an egg instead and occasionally you can eat a chicken leg.. otherwise you attract ants.
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Kieran “P0D[or]P0G” Benn
July 24, 2023
By turns hilarious and horrifying is all I'll say on the Content ! My Only advice is that you get it – in whichever format Best suits your needs. Take a few minutes to get yourself settled somewhere quiet and with little chance of interruption. Then enjoy - or not - as the case may be ! 👍🙃
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Debra Fulton
August 31, 2022
I didn't get far in this audio but it sounds like to me they are human trafficking women & children for profit but I can be jumping the gun a wee bit but I'll keep it going and I'll give my " official " rating then
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Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet and cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, earning the nickname"Dean Swift". His ironic writing style led to satire being subsequently termed "Swiftian". He also wrote under pseudonyms or anonymously.

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