abused and controlled majority. In another scene, management is testing a machine to feed the
workers while still working without having to take a lunch break. This scene portrays how far
capitalism will go to turn a profit. It compares the modern man to a domestic animal, who
accepts what the owner says or does without having a choice in the matter. In the final scene, it
shows Chaplin and a woman walking in a straight line, as if waiting for a new problem to
confront and overcome. It captures the value of perseverance and tolerance, sometimes an
unwanted exaggeration.
Part 3
Technicians employing quantitative measurements could be better leaders than politicians
because they (the technicians) would be more focused on the existing problems of production of
goods, than their own pockets (politicians) and not try to hinder the small owner from getting
their product to market.
When the technologist looks at the unfolding events of the past six thousand years, he
notes the same changes in political frontiers and systems, in thought and theories, of the
outer manifestation of the industrial arts, as noted by other men who have looked at the
same train of unfolding activities. (Scott, 1938, p. 28)
I agree with this statement because the technologist is seeing a repeat of history when it
comes to politicians and how they have not changes in six thousand years. Because the politician
