The online right was literally the only way to culturally counteract the left. The left holds all institutions of culture. Conservatives aren't interested in making culture, nor are they good at it. The online right allowed young men to compete, and they started beating the left so badly that the left had to crack down on them and conservatives went along with it to keep their media careers from becoming irrelevant
@bronzeagemantis The younger elements of the rightwing has been nuked millions of times (often with the help of conservatives) whereas the left has institutionalized their young leftwing and listen to them.