Answer:
The correct answer is option B. Old, sickly people and young laborers are useless to the nation because they cannot be productive citizens.
Explanation:
In this excerpt we can see how the author addresses the issue of how old and sick people cannot get a job and not only that, they starve and die of cold.
The author also ironically remarks how young workers "are now in almost as hopeful a condition." and talks about how they can't get a job either.
Exactly the use of this irony is what is considered as "satirical tone".
Given this information we can say that the correct answer is option B.
*edited* Well, I would start out with "If I were a color, I would be the color ____." Or "If I were a vegetable, I would be a(n) ____." Something like that.
ORIGINAL ANSWER: Why don't you just do it yourself?
B.........................
I believe the correct answer is that the gods lived by different values than humans.
Apparently, according to gods, at least, it is okay to try and murder an infant out of jealousy. Also, it seems to be okay to drive people insane and into committing murders of their own family. The other gods are doing nothing about these horrific events, which must mean they are okay with them.
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