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Its great that you liked Sanders. I... have very mixed feelings about him and mostly am angry at how much influence he pissed away.
But here is the thing? If you don't think you are being represented by the party? Then work with it. Even Sanders learned that after he spent most of his career actively dicking over the Democrats and it resulted in him becoming a household name.
Contact your local Democratic party. The Internet loves to paint them as bogeymen who actively hurt any good candidates and... some do. But the majority are the idealists who joined up because they gave a shit about Obama or Hilary or even Sanders. But they support the people who run because... they understand that the goal is harm reduction. Someone who gives a crap and is willing to do outreach work? You have a LOT of influence and can work on seeking out those candidates who DO represent you. And as you shift the local party, so too do you eventually shift the bigger party. Because as much as people hate ol' Genocidde Joe: he is ridiculously left of Clinton and, in some aspects, even Obama.
I am glad we got The Squad, even if they are sometimes idiots. But Sanders should have led to a mass shift in the party as a whole.
I wouldn't say I like him. As I said, he comes closest to a politician I like. There has never in my lifetime been a mainstream politician who didn't have at least a few policies I really was not a fan of. I realize I'm never going to get my pony, but that doesn't mean I'm going to automatically like the choices I'm given.