This reads to me as a rather superficial take on Clojure. It's true that JavaScript - or any language, for that matter - can implement libraries that may have

This reads to me as a rather superficial take on Clojure. It's true that JavaScript - or any language, for that matter - can implement libraries that may have been inspired by a Clojure library. But specific libraries aren't what's being talked about here. The characteristic of Clojure in question - which, IMO, JavaScript does not answer well - is the ability to easily create libraries and DSLs that feel like an extension of the language itself. To poorly paraphrase a quote that I can't quite remember: Lisp isn't the best language for any problem in particular. What Lisp is the best language for is being a platform on top of which you can implement your own language, that is itself the best one for the problem you're trying to solve right now. Or, to take a concrete example: In JavaScript, you get optional static typing from TypeScript, which is actually a whole new language that is transpiled to JavaScript. In Clojure, you get optional static typing from Typed Clojure, which is just a library.