I Respectfully disagree that "most" corporations behave in a way that" that they can do whatever they like until they are stopped". That statment presumes that the intent is immoral, unethical or illegal. It can be tempting to conclude that all corporations are evil and corrupt because of media coverage. The reality is that the vast majority businesses are good corporate citizens that provide meaningful jobs to employees and pay taxes to fund larger community services. There is a sharp distinction between healthy self interest properly alligned with fiduciary responsibility and malignent power mongering. The boyfriend may not be an intellectual, may view the world through an unrealistic ideological filter, but is entitled to his opinion regardless of us going (in my opinion justifiably) Freudian on his underlying motives. Unsubstantiated generalizations tend to be the realm of untreated addicts.