So it's their Obama "West Wing" analysis retooled without modification
How does Bernie being a big West Wing fan fit into their theory
I find a lot of Sanders' fans to be pretty Sorkin-y in their faith that a single guy can right the ship by standing up for what he believes in and speaking plain truths. Which is a pretty widespread belief across different ideologies, but it's funny cause TWW has become synecdoche for the naivete of centrist libs.
We already had a discussion to that effect so sorry for repeating myself, but you have to start somewhere and the top is as good a place as any.
Just look at what Trump manages to "achieve" just on the back on the powers of his office despite the total inefficient, unfocused shitshow his administration is. In an absolute sense it's not a lot, barely anything meaningful get done but he still managed to get thousands of kids in cages, imposes tariffs, and upsets some global equilibrium.
I don't think most people really think Sanders is gonna establish Soviets and leads Bolshevik groups or even turn the US into an European social democracy. A GOP Senate or even a Dem House like the current one would probably be a major choke point to any sweeping reforms but there's something to be said for how Sanders apparently helped to pull steadily the median dem position towards him from 2016 to now. It would seem he is convincing or resonating with enough voters that a lot of "establishment" candidate feel they need to pay some lip service to it. Obviously he's also helping with the bottom of the pyramid.
