Swift Cannibalism

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I’ve never read something like this before. The author seems to talk about cannibalism in a very calm attitude. It is as if he is talking about a very sad time in Ireland, when people didn’t have enough money or food to provide for their children. To overcome this problem Swift came with different solutions but they are all unacceptable for society. I don’t agree with swift, as the solution to providing for one’s kids should never involve selling your own kids or eating them. The author also did some calculations and provided how many of number of kids should be sold and how many should be kept for the kingdom of Ireland to prosper. (Swift)
I agree that poverty leads to crime but doing crime to stop poverty won’t help the society. As Aristotle