However, "the work being done", is now "get paid as much as possible, while bribing government officials to cover our losses". And for this work, they are choos

However, "the work being done", is now "get paid as much as possible, while bribing government officials to cover our losses". And for this work, they are choosing exactly the right kinds of candidates. You seem to believe that working hard and creating things that actually benefit society are what is rewarded most by that society. This belief is fair, reasonable, and wrong.