In his old essays, when he approached these issues, he did a better job of doing the thing clever reactionaries do of incorporating enough of a radical critique to give it substance, especially for the uninitiated.
You can compare the tact and plausible deniability for yourself. Here's one from 2004 that he cites in the most recent essay:
https://paulgraham.com/say.html
It's basically the same thesis.
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