The whole film was dripping-wet with satire, pointing out flaws in the society of the US and Detroit in particular (at the time). OP's remark is just one of many such beats in the film. We're supposed to be both entertained but also moved to do something about how f--ed the situation outside the theatre has become.

Decades later, after hearing this premise break the sound-barrier as it flew over everyone's head multiple times, the good people of Detroit tried to raise a statue of RoboCop in his honor.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It is planned to be displayed in 2024, at an undetermined location.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RoboCop_statue

It's happening!

[–] dejected_warp_core 5 points 4 months ago

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The 2014 remake made sense to me... it was a remake by Omnicorp. They evil corporations won, then they remade Robocop as a 'no blood' 12a. It was a super-dark play on the fact that they couldn't make the original anymore. [edit: added date & link to imdb]