Algebra is important. Knowing sum-to-product trig identities, limits to 0/0 and obscure trigonometric integral identities are not. I am not saying none of it is

Algebra is important. Knowing sum-to-product trig identities, limits to 0/0 and obscure trigonometric integral identities are not. I am not saying none of it is required, I am saying some of it is not required, and that there is an unnecessary emphasis on it. My comparison to assembly/Python was a comparison, but of course I should have expected people to take it to an extreme hyperbole. But then, your entire argument is based on the assumption that most people are not interested in mathematics, so I guess circular logic is totally fine in these arguments (and hilariously ironic). No really, let's look at this. I'm saying that teaching high level math alongside low level math (or at least putting less emphasis on low level math) will make more people interested in math. You're saying this won't work because people aren't interested in math. That doesn't work.