The Coyote Complex: When Corporations Become Supervillains The Looney Tunes franchise has long skewered corporate America, but Coyote vs.
Acme takes aim at the very heart of capitalism, questioning whether profit is worth the cost to humanity and the environment.
This critique is not new; it's been a staple of science fiction since Paul Verhoeven's 1987 film RoboCop . The movie depicts a dystopian Detroit where corporations wield more power than governments.