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The elderly are not the focus at all in "A Modest Proposal." The focus is the brith rate. Swift never (ironically) suggests killing off the aged, but selling off the young in order for the Irish to have a commodity all their own.

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The elderly are not the focus at all in "A Modest Proposal." The focus is the brith rate. Swift never (ironically) suggests killing off the aged, but selling off the young in order for the Irish to have a commodity all their own.

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