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What two groups is Swift ultimately criticizing in "A Modest Proposal"?

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The upper classes and Politicians.

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The poor citizens of Ireland are fed to the wealthy elite. Class divisions play a major role in A Modest Proposal. There is a debate going on over who should take responsibility for society's welfare. Swift puts in consideration imagining an alternate society in which the rich dehumanize their fellow countrymen.

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