In 1729, Jonathan Swift wrote "A Modest Proposal" where he suggested that the poor should butcher and sell their children as food to the wealthy, saying: "A young healthy child well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious nourishing and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled."

By meadowverse1998

Back in college I picked this up with zero context and didn’t even realize it was satire. I was… definitely confused, to put it mildly.