With an arrogance bordering on contempt, Bernie Sanders tells his supporters not only that they must vote for a candidate they can’t stand (Biden) but that they must refrain from criticizing him at the Democratic convention. In our opinion Bernie Sanders has grossly underestimated his sway with his followers. He may be forgetting Sandernistas were loyal to Bernie, not the Democratic Party.
Read in WSWS
More to the point, Sanders shills for the Democrats, With a job title and all. Even if he hadn’t been repeatedly outed, he acknowledges as much himself.
His primary role is to soak up all the media and money possible, to prevent progressives from forming an alternative to the Democrats who, all else being equal, would trivially collect more votes than any of the oligarch owned parties, including the Democrats, Republicans and Libertarians. His secondary role is to persuade independents to support the Democrats.
He is ridiculously good at his job, but not good enough to repeat his 2016 success. After all, having watched Sanders lie to them in 2016, many of his erstwhile supporters were not stupid enough to support him again in 2020.