I sort of see most Reactionary positions as already being steelmen—putting beliefs that most people think are based on superstitious, bigoted, backwards modes of reasoning into consequentialist, logical, LW-style rhetoric.
… and then finding the steelman so persuasive you convert to the other side.
“Reactionary” seems to me like basically meaning “far-right, but smart”.
… and then finding the steelman so persuasive you convert to the other side.
Zing!