On the one hand, it's true that Bernie has been more of a career politician than a movement builder (a critique made already in 1980s by the great left anarchist Murray Bookchin). But: Bernie's 2016 run has inspired a genuine mass movement in form of DSA. https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1144691420189667328 …
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Upsurge of 21st century New Left was already taking place before 2016 (Occupy, DSA membership increase, N+1, Jacobin) but Bernie's run (almost by accident) was a catalyst for that new left to take quantum leap.
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By coincidence I mean it wasn't Bernie's goal but a happy confluence.
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