It is hubris. The groups mentioned (and implied) think that they are above the law, above ethics, that they are god-like and above it all. They pay lip-service to law, to ethics, and customer concerns (talk is cheap), but their actions say otherwise. All they really care about is what they want. Rather like narcissism.

The English historian Arnold Toynbee outlined the formula for classical Greek tragedy: koros (success or surfeit), hubris (sometimes translated as overweening pride), and ate (disaster and always a very ugly disaster). He also tried to demonstrate how he thought that formula worked in the history of civilizations. Interesting. --Jim

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