If you don't have empathy then the best course of action for policy makers is whatever gets them the most power without getting kicked out of office. While current politics around the globe look more and more like they are following that path, let's not confuse what's actually happening with what is actually good
I don't agree. To put it bluntly, I think there is a much higher floor for intelligence in even basic programming below which one has negative productivity. I think it is at least in the 90th percentile of intelligence and maybe a little higher. It will never be blue collar work.
You greatly overestimate the difficulty. The knowledge to write programs for various platforms is commonplace now. There is too much incentive and too many learning resources at our fingertips for it not to be. You'll have to move into AI, cryptography, or template libraries or something if you want to feel special.
Yes? The fruitful gains of production don't go anywhere in that scenario. Fire the redundant, replace them with robots, give them a UBI, a library, and a public education that drives them towards passions rather than towards being a good factory drone.
if you really think that's going to happen in the same country where people violently oppose even providing health care to people... i got a new altcoin for you to buy
