Yeah totally, I meant to bring up Bernie as a counterexample. He would fit comfortably in the socialist parties of Western Europe. Even if that's not saying much, I think he has been obviously beneficial to the messaging of the radical left by advancing a positive vision of a socialism that reorients the economy towards human interests and wellbeing. It doesn't solve our basic problem of the left having no influence or platform outside of Twitter and college campuses, but it opened the field for advancement.