If you look at the article it’s clearly meant to be provocative rather than a serious advocation of hunger. It’s very clear if you just read the last paragraph:
>For those of us at the high end of the social ladder, ending
hunger globally would be a disaster. If there were no hunger in
the world, who would plow the fields? Who would harvest our
vegetables? Who would work in the rendering plants? Who
would clean our toilets? We would have to produce our own
food and clean our own toilets. No wonder people at the high
end are not rushing to solve the hunger problem. For many of
us, hunger is not a problem, but an asset.
Swift wasn’t serious about thinking it would be a good idea for Irish people to sell their babies for food either.
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If you look at the article it’s clearly meant to be provocative rather than a serious advocation of hunger. It’s very clear if you just read the last paragraph:
>For those of us at the high end of the social ladder, ending
hunger globally would be a disaster. If there were no hunger in
the world, who would plow the fields? Who would harvest our
vegetables? Who would work in the rendering plants? Who
would clean our toilets? We would have to produce our own
food and clean our own toilets. No wonder people at the high
end are not rushing to solve the hunger problem. For many of
us, hunger is not a problem, but an asset.
Swift wasn’t serious about thinking it would be a good idea for Irish people to sell their babies for food either.