Mirroring Swift's matter-of-fact tone to describe impossible/absurd scenarios.
Here, inhabitants speak only in probabilities. They have outlawed poetry, music, and the shedding of tears, deeming such actions "inefficient." Their city is built entirely of glass, not for beauty, but because they believe transparency ensures absolute surveillance, which they call "The Benevolent Eye." November 2, 172— Gulliveriana
Modernizing the target of satire (e.g., surveillance, obsession with data/efficiency). and the shedding of tears