can... someone explain what is going on here? projects do suffer less merge conflicts the larger they are, and stevebmark is literally declaring this project

can... someone explain what is going on here? projects do suffer less merge conflicts the larger they are, and stevebmark is literally declaring this project as a whole unmaintainable from the word go, and his proof is that the story started with one line, and the pull requests to get the story off the ground are conflicting. I don't understand what's going on here, I don't understand how anyone can support this position. This is crazy! I am very confused!