George doesn't seem to have a malicious quality to him, and neither does Nem, unless you consider his acceptance that the global economy is run by one corporation because he is realistic to be malicious.
Everyone finds that one major power holding the state of the economy is normal for the same reason many of us in the real world do most of our shopping on Amazon and why we rely on Google more than we should, because it's convenient.
I agree, the writing is amazing!