KnowraA Modest ProposalLinked fromLinked fromThe 4 pages that link to A Modest Proposal, each with the reason it gives.All 4Broader topic 4SatireBroader topic: Its deadpan voice makes the cruelty of political calculation unmistakable.Black comedyBroader topic: Its shocking proposal uses comic reasoning to indict political indifference and exploitation.Jonathan SwiftBroader topic: Its shocking economic argument condemns the treatment of Ireland’s poor and the indifference of elites.Social commentaryBroader topic: Its deadpan proposal indicts exploitation and indifference toward the poor.