I think there is some truth to this. Software engineers as I know them are rather well paid, but also very aware of the privileges that come with it, so the challenge of designing a system that elevates everyone to the same level of wellbeing is definitely there (even if sometimes only as a mind game). Being an engineering discipline we also rarely deal in absolutes, rather we are aware that tradeoffs are necessary to make progress in the real world. And finally, as several people have pointed out there is also some hubris involved, since rule setting and world building is much of a software engineers daily work (but with the realism that every set of rules can be exploited, hence we don't tend to strive for perfection, rather a good enough).