"Change is possible & most effectively driven from within the system" is a basic tenet of all democratic societies. Do you believe this? You might say - well,

"Change is possible & most effectively driven from within the system" is a basic tenet of all democratic societies. Do you believe this? You might say - well, Google is not a democratic society. But the point is that it can be. So people who hold these two beliefs are perfectly justified to work at Google, and indeed that is the most effective route to their goal: of producing their best work in service of a just society. Your prescribed solution is to abandon hope of change and retreat to... where? Where can one find refuge, exactly? Are we cursed to flee forever?