Great insight.
Actually, his thought process is consistent and many of the more right leaning amost the population hold exactly the same views. It's the idea that I/we/they can do whatever they like until they are stopped.
And I agree that this is how some people and most corporations act and that is why we have BOUNDARIES. We might call them that on a personal level, but on a larger scale they are called laws and regulations. And all involve consequences when those boundaries are overstepped.
It is, at heart, narcissistic as Jazzman says. And firm boundaries and consequences are what are needed. Have you worked out yours?