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I don't have enough points to downvote you... this is why people hate techies, you view the displaced as a separate species altogether, they are just like you a
by akoumis 7y ago
I don't have enough points to downvote you... this is why people hate techies, you view the displaced as a separate species altogether, they are just like you and your family, likely without the same upbringing and privileges
Edit: Thanks guys I understand the proposal is a joke, it's just sick and callous. So all the people riffing on this joke are making nuanced social commentary as well with their analysis of homeless fighting abilities?
- Eric_WVGG 7y agoMaybe he's on to something, just misdirected. If we fed the wealthy to the wolves, we could fit like a hundred people in each mansion.
- rexpop 7y ago"modest proposals" are inherently tongue-in-cheek. OP is suggesting that current policy is nearly as inhumane.
- akoumis 7y agoYou are giving OP benefit of the doubt, certainly the people responding riffing on this "joke" are not viewing the remark with much nuance Disgusting
- darkpuma 7y agoSwift's essay is commonly assigned reading in American public schools. The sarcasm of the essay is made clear to every middle school student who reads it.
- jm_l 7y agoThis is a sarcastic reference to a famous essay published by Jonathan Swift. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal)
- russell_h 7y agoIt might be more directly a reference to this: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/wp/2015/03/05/rep-don-young-wolves-would-solve-homelessness/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/wp/2015/03/...
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