PG is now and always has been one of those ruthlessly pragmatic people. He has his mission and he sticks to it. His mission exists within an overarching framework that many of us consider horrific. His work is genuinely less horrific than that of his competitors (standard VCs) and that is one of his selling points.
It's business as usual. I suppose people like you and I are more interested in understanding the relation of SV to the broad context of humanity. Which is why we always get downvoted into oblivion and have to create new accounts.
Paul Graham sold out and is now just like every other capitalist. Exploiting privilege to get richer. ycombinator's biggest successes are marketing successes--their success is defined by PR and Cronyism.
This isn't Steve Wozniak--the tech genius--creating the Apple II. This is fat headed fratboys using PR stunts and cronies to rake in money by squeezing out the competition.
The rich will get richer. The children of the rich will get richer. PR darlings and frat douchebags will get richer. Hackers will be ignored by YCombinator--Hackers aren't as profitable.
It's business as usual. I suppose people like you and I are more interested in understanding the relation of SV to the broad context of humanity. Which is why we always get downvoted into oblivion and have to create new accounts.