A Modest Proposal: Difference between revisions

| central theme = The rich are callous toward the poor.

| elevator pitch = Ease your economic woes by letting the rich consume your children - literally!

| publication date = 1729

| source page exists = yes

* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: Swift regrets that he cannot contribute to these scheme, as his youngest child is nine, and his wife is already past her childbearing years.

* [[Kill the Poor]]: More like, "Make The Poor Sell Their Children For Food," but you get the idea.

* [[Poe's Law]]: Perhaps the [[Trope Maker]]. Swift's over-the-top satire was taken at face value and discussed as an earnest and feasible solution for the Irish poverty problem.

* [[Refuge in Audacity]]

 

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