You can win the rat race but you're still a rat.
If at first you don't succeed, Call an airstrike.
I used to tell everyone I met to be an artist..... I don't do that any more.
I used to encourage everyone I knew to make art; I don't do that so much anymore.
Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
You owe the companies nothing. You especially don't owe them any courtesy. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don't even start asking for theirs.