You are replying to someone who is saying "I don't think it's good that things are this way" with "things are this way". I hate these kinds of comments. The other guy knows how it's not up to him to make this decision. That doesn't mean he shouldn't voice his opinion.

It's mostly up to the boards' compensation committees. The board members are mostly C-suite themselves in their day jobs. Go figure. The power of the majority of shareholders is diffuse, except for large funds and activists: decision makers in both groups tend to be from the same high-compensation executive in-group - so they will not rock the boat.