The author is a virtue signalling ass. Appreciating those whose day to day work form the links in the supply chain(s) is fine, but the sneering condescension in his final paragraph shows he believes he is in the “enlightened elite”.
he also believes he’s in the “decision making class”....BS...people like him couldn’t find their way out of a paper bag....
You are correct, here is a poem that I like that expresses the concept that we all have some part to contribute, and we know we all cannot drive the car.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
https://livingmarvelously.com/the-desiderata-poem/