I love your rodent analogy, I feel like that all the time.
Let's all realize that corporations are the best manipulators in history.
It is essentially impossible for a person to take advantage of a corporation in an ethical/non-criminal way; their structure explicitly minimizes that. So, then, realize that they have formed themselves not to be exploited, but to exploit you. This is their raison d'être.
How much time have you spent analyzing your decisions to ensure that you are never being taken advantage of? I guarantee every corporation you deal with on a daily basis has spent orders of magnitude more time thinking about it, and more, analyzing how best to take advantage of others.
If a person exhibits the traits common to corporations, they would be considered narcissistic sociopaths.
I'm not suggesting shunning corporations from your life is a practical answer to this issue, but you should certainly be aware of it.
Let's all realize that corporations are the best manipulators in history.
It is essentially impossible for a person to take advantage of a corporation in an ethical/non-criminal way; their structure explicitly minimizes that. So, then, realize that they have formed themselves not to be exploited, but to exploit you. This is their raison d'être.
How much time have you spent analyzing your decisions to ensure that you are never being taken advantage of? I guarantee every corporation you deal with on a daily basis has spent orders of magnitude more time thinking about it, and more, analyzing how best to take advantage of others.
If a person exhibits the traits common to corporations, they would be considered narcissistic sociopaths.
I'm not suggesting shunning corporations from your life is a practical answer to this issue, but you should certainly be aware of it.