corporate servitude

His masterpiece 'Modern Times' (1936) is the quintessential critique of industrial dehumanization and corporate mechanization of human life.

'Metropolis' (1927) depicts a dystopian class-based society where workers are enslaved to corporate machines and rigid hierarchies.

'Office Space' (1999) and his television work satirize corporate culture, meaningless labor, and the soul-crushing absurdity of corporate servitude.