Would the web be better without JavaScript?

Would the web be better without JavaScript? JavaScript is not necessary for every single aspect of Web 2.0; e.g. there can be Wikipedia without JavaScript.

Related questions: Should the government regulate excessive and unnecessary placement of JavaScript into web pages? Should the public demand websites to publish something like excessive JavaScript use analysis (EJUA) reports? Should web browsers have a ready-made "No JavaScript" button with an icon next to "home" to make it very easy to browse without JavaScript on a per-website basis?

Pro

 * Loading speed of pages would often greatly improve, with no substantive loss of functionality. Example pages are online newspaper pages. Even web email is possible without JavaScript.
 * Web security would improve: plain HTML without JavaScript is not executable code.
 * As a bonus of abandoning JavaScript-based web applications, we would get rid of the bloat of Electron-based applications, which as basically web applications packaged as native executables by provision of a dedicated web browser instance coupled with the requisite JavaScript code and other supporting files, e.g. images.
 * Even if it turns out doing without JavaScript entirely is impractical, doing without it as far as possible is practical and only requires to overcome certain mindset.

Con

 * Web applications that truly demand JavaScript, such as Google Earth and Desmos Graphing Calculator, would be impossible.
 * Absent the possibility of a web application, the application provider could provide a native executable, often providing a much better experience than the web application. Absent the web alternative, the application provider would have a strong incentive to do so, provided it can sustain the chosen business model, e.g. advertisement-based one. Google Earth is a case in point: the native executable for Windows is so much better.
 * That would not work across all operating systems platforms, e.g. various varieties of Linux. And for Linux, there is no single executable platform for which to provide an executable.
 * Google Earth is available for Linux, so this is doable.
 * There is a great convenience in hooking up a web application and trying it out or using it occasionally without having to install anything locally.
 * One could use Flash instead of JavaScript; and typically, webs that do not really need highly interactive functionality would not use Flash.
 * That would not work on Apple's Flash-disabled i-devices.
 * The Flash plugin presents an additional area of security risk exposure.
 * There is a whole separate debate to be had whether web applications are a good thing, e.g. given that they change as soon as the application provider changes them, unlike a locally installed executable.
 * Relatively simple web features that are not demanding on resources would be impossible, e.g. collapsible menus or collapsible sections of information.
 * These features are relatively easy to do without.
 * That's a good thing from the perspective of users who dislike these kinds of features.