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[Final Fantasy] What did the Shinra Company ultimately want in Final Fantasy 7?

What was the main reason for the Shinra Company's actions and deeds? Why were they the main villain before Sephiroth became mad and took over the plot as main villain?
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Money and power at all costs. AVALANCHE threatened to upset that, both physically and ideologically, so Shinra made the bombings worse so that innocent people would be harmed, making others distrustful or outright fearful of AVALANCHE, especially the less militant cells.

You can somewhat empathise with someone who breaks into an animal testing lab and release the animals, but would you trust them if they levelled the block doing so?