>Case in point, when we get a tired of the office grind we can publish a manifesto that slams tons of people we’ve worked with in the past (with no fear of consequences from those burned bridges), move to a resort wherever we want, and still expect to either make great pay with benefits while fully remote, or realistically start our own business with a great chance of success (and can easily raise funding to defray the risk if we want to).

It's not that I disagree in principle with what you're saying, but I think you're describing the top 10% range of programmers.

Edit: and herein lies the danger in dismissing the complaints of entire swaths of people with concepts lile "privilege". It's just a socially acceptable form of prejudice that never applies to all people from the group.