I have a thought about the Bernie thing. I think what he is about is to try and take over the entire Democratic party (not unlike Trump and the Republican party). He made one run at it, got smacked, never joined, but he and his true believers never did support the party. Now, same deal, this time, however, he has more supporters willing to do the bidding, harass the opposition, make unsupported claims, etc. (all of which is denied) just like 1st time - kinda sounds a bit Trumpy to me. The difference is that Trump did it in one try - Bernie, so far, is up to try #2.

The Democratic party is not a socialist party. There is, again, the American Socialist Party, ready and waiting for Bernie to come on board but, obviously, that's not gonna happen because he is a Democratic Socialist and that is different from a real socialist. Democratic Socialists apparently only want gov to take over a little bit, at first - starting with 20% of the means up production (give or take).

Remains a bit Trumpy for me.