How does the movie “Modern Times”(1936) by Charlie Chaplin critique socialism?
Set in the 1930s during the Great Depression era, the film’s main concerns echo those of millions of people at the time – unemployment, poverty, and hunger. It has a number of wonderfully inventive and memorable routines and scenes that proclaim the frustrating struggle by working men against the dehumanizing effects of the machine in the Industrial Age (at the time of Henry Ford’s assembly line), and various social institutions. I copied that from a site. This is the description of the ned of the film: “Cured of a nervous breakdown but without a job, he leaves the hospital to start life anew.” The doctor offers some last-minute advice: “Take it easy and avoid excitement.” The Tramp, now wearing his familiar outfit, joins a large number of people who are unemployed, since the economy is depressed, and factories are closed. On the street, he obligingly picks up and waves a red warning flag that has fallen off a passing construction truck. Again, his small personal action has greater con
