Under the surface of contemporary capitalism, there is an inconceivable amount of brutality. And to further stress this, Verhoeven gives us the history of the RoboCop, who is proposed by a competing CEO as an alternative to those fighting robots. He arranges for those criminals to murder Alex Murphy, played by Weller, in order to get the human body he RoboCop requires. The message is clear once more: deep and awful suffering are necessary for the dazzling marvels of capitalist technocracy to exist (Robocop is awesome! ). RoboCop movie
Under the surface of contemporary capitalism, there is an inconceivable amount of brutality. And to further stress this, Verhoeven gives us the history of the RoboCop, who is proposed by a competing CEO as an alternative to those fighting robots. He arranges for those criminals to murder Alex Murphy, played by Weller, in order to get the human body he RoboCop requires. The message is clear once more: deep and awful suffering are necessary for the dazzling marvels of capitalist technocracy to exist (Robocop is awesome! ).