I don't think this conversation is going to go anywhere productive. You're responding to practical advice ("because the world is in one particular configuration

I don't think this conversation is going to go anywhere productive. You're responding to practical advice ("because the world is in one particular configuration, you can accrue benefit to yourself by acting in a particular way") by idealism ("but the world _shouldn't_ be that particular way"). I don't have any particular disagreement with anything you're saying (well, except perhaps the claim that personal inspiration is necessary, or even reasonable to expect, in the workplace - which is not a battlefield, and should not resemble one), but it's also not a useful response to the point being made.