Gulliver's Travels

Is swift is a misanthropist?

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I don't think Swift disliked human society more than he wanted to shed light on some of its imperfections and outright failings. Swift used satire to get to the heart of the hypocrisy and folly of the human condition. One might argue that he liked human society enough to try and improve it.