>Wouldn't call it fascism though If you focus more on the kind of world Robocop occurs in rather than the plot, it's easier to see elements of it. Robocop is c

>Wouldn't call it fascism though If you focus more on the kind of world Robocop occurs in rather than the plot, it's easier to see elements of it. Robocop is celebrated in-world for his violence (see, those normal cops weren't able to be violent enough without head-to-toe bulletproof armor and full-auto pistols) as a solution to social frustrations (high crime and corporate greed) and reinforces their hero culture through his sacrifice. There's even a secret conspiracy/plot between those two frustrations and a sub-plot about labor organizing. But, at the end of the day, it's hard to have an action-focused cop movie without some of these things so we're sort of desensitized to it. Starship Troopers (also directed by Paul Verhoeven) is even more on the nose about it. The plot itself is just a goofy sci-fi military movie but the human culture in it is absolutely terrifying.