Any other views are, I am sorry to say, naive and show a lack of real-world experience
Not so my friend. I'm not naiive. I know the score. But the fact that some companies regularly put shareholders ahead of their stated raison d'être does not excuse their behaviour.
You don't get this kind of problem in most other big multinational companies. Apple? Microsoft? BP? The Civil Service? It's possible to make lots of money
and share the benefits amongst those who serve to create them.