Thing you have to understand about Bob (this was true even then) is that he LITERALLY (in the dictionary way, not Biden way) gets his worldview from movies/TV - full stop. (Like when The Mist was one of his favorite films and he thought it one of the most accurate portrayals of religion.) Once you realize this you can decode his rants.
For example, every time you see backwoods or rural folks in movies, do you ever see them actually working? Nah it's always artists who are producing anything in film/tv (gee, I wonder if the writers have a bias) - ergo it's only artists that produce - therefore since only artists are in New York & California, only NY & CA produce anything in the country.
Or think about the "elite." How often is "the only sane, super-brilliant scientist" used as a trope in film/tv? Wouldn't you call him "elite"? And isn't that elite scientist always being held back by obviously dumber fellows?
When he talks about "reality" just replace it with "in my favorite film/show" and it makes sense. Or try a game of guessing which movie/show matches best whatever rant he is on about. He doesn't make coherent points, he makes pop culture references.
