Not to pick on Sam, since this seems to be a widespread view, but I genuinely don't understand this take. If it showed anything the 2020 primary revealed that progressives are weaker and less relevant in both politics and policy. https://twitter.com/samstein/status/1247912799466065922

There was a genuine *ideological failure* on the left, which is why they were unable to organize zero policy pressure in the most consequential moment since the financial crisis. They had popular leaders, money, and people. The question is, why did they have zero power?

The replies to this are so telling. I'm not talking elections or Medicare for All. I mean right-wing populists shaped key parts of the bailout package. Warren and Bernie, with far more popularity, money, and people, did not. That's a very serious failure. https://twitter.com/matthewstoller/status/1247916742577393666

Progressives simply cannot internalize that a massive corporate bailout just occurred, that it will shift wealth and power upward, and that their leaders Warren and Bernie -who got popular opposing Wall Street - supported it. Progressives have *chosen* to be irrelevant.