I think I can't get you budge position at all you because you feel people can't make value judgements. But reality is a harsh mistress, with no empathy.

If you look at development methodologies such as agile, scrum, XP, etc. what you'll notice is that originally, for all of these, there's no non-technical PM. Often the PM role is entirely absent. Why do you think that was?

Because the industry doesn't value that role. It is felt that the process generally works better without it. But C-Suite think they can delegate what should be their decision making to non-technical middle managers, and that's why PMs keep getting forced back in.

If you feel your role is so key and it's this empathy that's so important, why does your post drip with constant snark? Why can't you acknowledge other people's point of view? You've ignored most of my points, and strawmanned one, a classic narcissistic response. All I'm doing is explaining why the PM in tech workflows is generally disdained, and you're shooting the messenger. That all seems more like a lack of empathy than anything.