15% of the delegation may not sound like a lot of votes, but it’s huge. Bernie had 39% of the vote in the 2016 convention. Less than that 15% margin. It’s hard to prove a counterfactual, but he definitely was close to winning and I think he would have won the primary without the interference.

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The DNC set the rules for him to be eligible to run on the Democratic ticket in both 2016 and in 2020. They could have just said “no”, but they didn’t. They wanted his constituency to be engaged. He drew coverage and DNC hoped his people would stick around to vote for the dem even if he lost.

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So much of what goes on here (and everywhere) boils down to people desperately and angrily trying to seize control over whatever petty fraction of the world still feels controllable at all

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Securing a concealed position shows discipline. One shot shows discipline. Disappearing into the wind shows discipline.

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This is an inevitable result of the Reagan Revolution. When greed and selfishness become the highest good, and contempt for the less fortunate becomes a requirement for acceptance in acceptable society, all community-building institutions are bound to suffer.

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