corporation interfering in politics theme
There is a powerful corporation that to a notable extent uses its wealth to bribe or otherwise influence the government.
Notes
As a rule of thumb, this theme applies if a corporation interferes with or seriously challenges the whole of law enforcement.
Examples
In RoboCop 2 (1990), the OCP megacorporation plotted to bankrupt the city of Detroit then to step in to take it over.
23 total · 20 major · 3 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| bbf4x16 | major | It was Williams’ contention that while Clark thought himself in charge the megacorporations were really calling the shots. |
| futurama5x9101112 | major | Mom ran an evil world domineering energy company similar to BP/EXXON/Equinor etc. |
| movie: 1990: The Bronx Warriors (1982) | major | The Manhattan Corporation, which Anne stood to inherit, controlled over 60% of the world's arms production, giving it undue influence in New York politics. |
| movie: Blade Runner (1982) | major | The Tyrell Corporation headquarters, which was a giant pyramidal structure, loomed over the city of Los Angeles. |
| movie: Blade Runner 2049 (2017) | major | The Wallace Corporation had a veritable monopoly on replicant technology giving it a concerning amount of power in the world. |
| movie: City Limits (1985) | major | The two rival gangs united to prevent the Sunya corporation from taking over the city. |
| movie: CyberTracker (1994) | major | The Cybercore corporation had merged with the United Stated government and was responsible to implementing an inflexible computerized justice system that featured android executioners called "Trackers". |
| movie: Dont Look Up (2021) | major | The tech mega-corporation BASH blatantly interfered in the political process by using its influence to let the comet crash down to Earth in pieces so that it could harvest the metals therein, but at great danger to the public. |
| movie: Escape from the Bronx (1983) | major | The General Construction Corporation worked with the tacit approval of corrupt government officials to tear down the Bronx to turn it into a fashionable residential area. This meant exterminating anyone who refused to be willingly relocated to New Mexico. |
| movie: Freejack (1992) | major | One gathers that the all-powerful McCandless Corporation was running the New York City of 2009 and perhaps more. |