I have my frustrations with PMs like everyone else, and this plan does seem over corrective and destined for failure. But I don't mind having PMs, all in all. I'm not an idea guy, I'm an implementation guy.
They do not generate worth through ideas and they do not generate worth through implementations.
They solicit other people's ideas, count how many votes each idea gets, and passes them to the grunts.
They are middle management distilled.
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." - Heinlein