"The basic services that keep us alive (e.g. farmers producing our food) tend to also be "easy""

The reason you think that is that you know nothing about agriculture. But it isn't true. Right now, farmers in the US grow about 5x as much food per acre as farmers in other countries. If you were in charge of farming in the US, that surplus would likely disappear in a single season. You would also likely damage the soil which would make cleaning up after you take 4-6 years.

Everyone thinks things they know nothing about are easy. But they rarely are.

PS This is why I never tell people I'm a programmer. I don't want to be associated with people who think like you.