A Modest Proposal
How cruel can our hypocrisy become when we remain bystanders to extreme social inequality?
📝ONGO's Reflection
I was seized by a deeply chilling shock when I read this outrageous piece by Swift. His proposal to sell the children of the poor as food sounds, taken literally, like the raving of a madman, yet beneath it lies a frost-edged fury that indicts the savage poverty of the time and the indifference of the ruling class. The author's genius, shaking awake a society sunk in moral paralysis through such extreme satire, is nothing short of astonishing. It is the sharpest, most chilling warning in all of history, hurled at the bystanders who look away even while knowing the wrong.
"I can think of no one objection, that will possibly be raised against this proposal."Jonathan Swift, A Modest Proposal
"나는 이 제안이 어느 정도 가난한 자들에게 큰 도움이 되리라 확신하며, 따라서 누구의 반대도 받지 않으리라 믿는다."
🌱Apply It Today
For a social problem or absurd situation you take for granted, picture the extreme opposite and let that imagination help you face the heart of the matter.
