His point is that they have been empirically proven to be utterly defeated intellectually and totally illegitimate.
You and I know what he’s point is, but in the big scheme of things, does it really matter?
We are at a point in our relatively short history where ignorance and cynicism have infected the majority of the electorate and an equal amount of elitism has all but destroyed our body politic. A critical mass has been met; a tipping point from which I fear there is no safe return.
When confronted with raw emotion, logic and empirical proof will always take a back seat no matter how intellectually dishonest or illegitimate it may be.
There is only one word to sum up our situation; checkmate!