The Bernie movement's obsession with corruption, consent-manufacturing, and "theories of power" seems to bias them toward believing that electoral outcomes are determined by the shadowy machinations of party bosses, rather than by voters simply voting for what they want. 
As if the voting decisions of millions of Democratic primary voters could be simply dictated by a few phone calls.
The Bernie people seem to be assuming that since Biden didn't have a lot of money and seems uninspiring to them, that his success must have been due to the dark magic of the DNC.
Nowhere is there room for the possibility that voters simply made up their minds on their own.
Nowhere is there room for the possibility that voters simply made up their minds on their own.
The problem with the idea that Bernie was blocked by Establishment Power, rather than the will of the voters, is that it leads socialists to avoid thinking about how to persuade voters, and to think that "revolution" is the only answer.
Refusing to entertain the idea that voters can make up their own minds is a political dead end. It means you either turn against electoral democracy - in which case the country will turn against you - or you give up and go back to smoking weed in your bedroom.
