Are the Peasants in This Metaphor?

"I would have been almost disappointed if you didn't," he says. "It's one of those things where sometimes i feel like i'm talking about ideas that are almost so obvious, it's like, why i even discuss them?" He worked in a multe national corporation and can see how power goes from the bottom to the top with financial rewards for people who help each other stay in power. 'There is real value in laying it out in a small, concise, simple manner'