"but is static typing considered a functional feature more broadly"
It might be, but it is not an essential feature. Functional programming is the practice of using pure functions as the primary form of computation and composition. Whether one adds types to this is as relevant as adding types to any other paradigm (imperative, oop, logical, functional, etc)
Regardless of ones views pertaining to the current president, does anyone feel comfortable with so called "fact checking"? I do not like anyone acting as the sole arbiter of truth, whether it be the president, the pope, or the random fellow screaming in the park. I prefer that corporations trust their users to make their own choices about what people say instead of making edits or including addendum's to peoples posts. The people made the platform successful, let the people decide what is wrong and what is right, what is true and what is false, what is fact is and what is fiction.
Depends on the job, some of us do a lot more than 40.
Getting married and having children will make you reassess your statements. Heck, just getting married will. Of course, I am assuming that you are single.
I think for macro enthusiasts, being able to program the reader directly(with pattern matching) is a good selling point. It also has an inbuilt compiler compiler.