Omni Consumer Products
Encyclopedia : O : OM : OMN : Omni Consumer Products
Omni Consumer Products (OCP) is the primary fictional corporation in the RoboCop series of movies, tv-shows, video-games, and comics. OCP represents the quintessential dystopian megacorporation of the 1980s and the popular socio-economic concerns of the period.
A case of capitalism taken to an inhumane extreme, OCP is run (and seems to be mainly staffed) by people with no concern for anything but power, profit and their own personal ambition. When their poorly designed consumer products hurt or kill people, their only concern is negative PR.
Also of note is that in Robocop 3, the phrase Oppressive Capitalist Pigs, with the letters OCP emphasized, can be seen written on one of the walls.
Operation
OCP is involved in fields too numerous to list. With a stake in almost any field where there is money to be made, they produce everything from minor consumer products to military hardware. Their most famous projects include the successful RoboCop, the poorly designed ED-209, and the insane RoboCop 2.In the first RoboCop movie they seek to privatize Detroit, Michigan into Delta City, with fully privatized services — such as police — and with residents exercising their representative citizenship through the purchase of shares of OCP stock. They also serve as part of the military-industrial complex; according to OCP executive Richard "Dick" Jones, "We practically ARE the military."
"Take a close look at the track record of this company, and you'll see that we've gambled in markets traditionally regarded as non-profit: hospitals, prisons, space exploration. I say good business is where you find it." — Richard "Dick" Jones
Downfall
In Robocop 3, OCP is bought out by a Japanese Zaibatsu, the Kanemitsu corporation, but exists albeit as a failing subsidiary that is in charge of and proceeds with the construction of Delta City and the destruction of old Detroit. By the end of that movie, OCP brutal policies concerning Delta City are brought to light and many of OCP majority shareholders sell their stock, OCP is forced into bankruptcy.
From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.