Unsolicited advice to the progressive movement and the Sanders campaign, in particular.

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"Bernie's movement" is a term often used by Sanders supporters.

Therein lies the problem. When the movement is centered around one person and that person fails to make progress, the movement has nowhere to go. Bernie's movement can't be the future of the Democratic party when it's clearly stagnating, if not in decline. His support this cycle was roughly half that of 2016, even after it became a two-person race.

The first solution to that problem is to decentralize it and find a group of people who can represent it appropriately. And stop calling it Bernie's movement. It's the progressive movement, if nothing else.

Secondly, consistent attacks on people who would otherwise be staunch allies, like Elizabeth Warren, need to stop. I would have never believed that it would be possible for "progressives" to alienate Elizabeth Warren, but Bernie's movement managed to do so, quite decisively it appears.

Third, disassociate with idiots like the dirtbag left and Cenk Uygur. Get a handle on the worst of the movement, including people like David Sirota and Briahna Joy Gray. They are doing nothing but undermining the cause. If you want a place to start, make a list of everyone on the campaign that pushed the "dementia" conspiracy theory and get rid of them.

Lastly, and probably as important as anything else (or more so), show up and vote. Don't boo, vote!

Otherwise, Bernie's movement is the future of nothing other than Bernie's movement. Democratic voters have pretty clearly rejected the idea that it's the present, much less the future.