Like I can imagine him enthusiastically siding with protesters could have either turned all centrist off, or perhaps galvanized the population into rabid support. There'd be actual optimism in the air. There'd be a groundswell and a gameplan.
Or chuds might have felt extra threatened and started accelerationist, captial murder sprees.
Covid? RBG? Post office? West coast fires?
I think Corbyn has shown us that if by some chance a lefty does come to lead a nominally "big tent" liberal-to-left party, the right wing of that big tent would be happy to burn it down with them in it so long as it hurts the left too.
yep, Corbyn was the canary for us in that way. No doubt in my mind you'd have Nancy Pelosi on TV saying things like "Of course I support the nominee... but we must be wary of embracing a different kind of Dangerous Radicalism" and that sort of passive aggressive stuff.