Maybe he's saying those things because he has a horse in the game i.e. his bank account(s).

It includes much more than that. Women for one. "We have become feminized". He extensively quotes Nazi lawyer Carl Schmitt ("the satanic unification of the world" ), René Girard ("We must stop scapegoating and go to church more") and the bible at every turn. See his interview with Jordan Peterson.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=918qslcfwfY

He is also financing the build out of nuclear power plants for AI with only 1/5 of the shielding, because he dismantled the regulation instances for this ("regulation hinders progress and we are stagnating").

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-nuclear-power-nrc-s...

... Where one of his henchmen said:

“When SpaceX started building rockets, they sort of expected the first ones to blow up,” he said.

If you like to read an In-depth article about the influences on Thiel (incl. by Wolfgang Palaver) there is a very thorough article in Wired (disable JavaScript): https://www.wired.com/story/the-real-stakes-real-story-peter...

Downplay his performances at your own peril.