Then that's a contrived narrative where no one is earning their accomplishments.
The big bad is literally 'winning' because the good guys are incompetent. And sadly that is a theme carried through the show so far, where the characters live in various social structures that are all equally incompetent while the main characters are the only ones who seem to be doing anything about the rising evil. And sadly, even they are failing their way forward with plot conveniences moving them all forward.