Unfortunately, during my engineering and quant undergrad education, I had to be forced-educated to take a smattering of humanities courses, which I resisted until the last moment where the only thing left was to sign up for a year of History of Western Civilization.
Briefly, here's the takeaway:
Entire societies play out in years and decades.
A larger picture of historical judgment focuses on the long-term.
Roe v. Wade played out over a half century.
What to see is Torba calling attention to history in development of serpent behavior disguised in conservatism, slithering around strong MAGA voices, readying its fangs behind a seductive poisoning of large amounts of fiat.
Torba's thesis is, the conservative movement needs to resist demise by seduction.
Hard to do, but Donald Trump is a prime example, as is the example of this piece, Steven Crowder. There are many others. Need to highlight their defiance and sacrifice.
There may be a small percentage of the conservative media who are not in it for the money but anybody who thinks otherwise is delusional. A vast majority are in it for that reason alone. If it happens to actually align with their ideology, they will probably rise above the others. I can name several popular conservatives in the media today who I have no doubt would change in a heartbeat if they thought they could make more money on the other side. Many are popular because their “schtick” is to buck their stereotype. Look how many “conservatives” have flipped over the last few years. Torba himself is making money by promoting his social media site as a free speech, conservative site. Without promoting it as conservative, he’s just another low rent Twitter. I don’t trust any of them.