In "A Modest Proposal," Jonathan Swift satirically proposes that the impoverished Irish should sell their children as food to the rich in order to alleviate poverty and overpopulation. Through this proposal, he aims to draw attention to the exploitation and mistreatment of the Irish by the English government, and to criticize the lack of action being taken to address these issues.
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