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In 2020, after the moderates realized that a progressive might win, they coalesced around a single moderate candidate.
The progressives did not respond in kind.
The progressives then lost the primary.
Yeah everyone forgets their heroine Elizabeth Warren felt it was a good idea to talk shit about Bernie every chance she got and further reduced his chances by dropping out last minute.
You mean when we lost by some 10% in the vote against Hillary fucking Clinton, a legendarily unpopular politician, with even socialist-hostile West Virginia protest-voting for Bernie over Clinton?
"But the DNC tipped the scales by showing favoritism", yes, they wanted a coronation, but it didn't come down to a handful of voters who were swayed by fucking DWS, it came down to Bernie not being able to overcome the long-standing nominee who had been building a ground game for her presidential run for... 16 years? Arguably more?
Bernie threw his hat into the ring as a protest, not expecting to gain much support. He had to build an apparatus from the ground up in a matter of months. That he got within 10% of Clinton is a miracle and a showing of the strength of Bernie's position - but also not a loss attributable to the sinister DNC mind-controlling millions of voters.
I would count media manipulation and advance debate questions as sinister mind control.
Weird that you didn't feel the need to include this in your original answer, isn't it?
Lord.
Here's how the media treated Bernie: https://youtu.be/3ZhkKATtqtU