What is Jonathan Swift's proposal in A Modest Proposal?

Basically, he noted that thousands of very poor children in Ireland were starving to death in great misery. He suggested that wealthy Englishmen agree to feed these children and have them kept in comfortable warm places. Then, when they were nicely fattened up, they could be killed and eaten. This was offered as a solution that was good for everyone. It would take these miserable starving children off the street, and provide them with food and comfort. Even though they would eventually be slaughtered and made into sausages, they would have comfortable pleasant lives during the years they were being fattened up and growing. While their ultimate fate may seem harsh, Swift pointed out that they were going to die of starvation anyway, a much more painful way of dying. At least, under his scheme, they would be comfortable, fed well, and decently housed for a few years; their deaths would be quick, and they would provide Excellent steaks and roast meats. He was, of course, using satire to make a point. He was not actually serious.

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