While inflated CEO pay is certainly outrageous, it’s the people who own the businesses that we should reserve our most vitriolic hate for. After all, at least CEOs do work that marginally contributes to the running of enterprises. Shareholders do nothing except siphon profit away from the people who create it. Not saying CEOs are good, but let’s not get shortsighted here: the entire system of private ownership of the means of production is what needs to change for things to get better.