Bernie is making a huge mistake on the identity politics gambit. That’s not going to work out. Even if he’s not eliminated by the plutocrats (who hate him), identity posturing is only something about 0.5% of the population care about. However, since they are prominent in the media, we hear their voices a great deal. They dominate the visible discourse and access to public life but most people, thankfully, have no clue about who they are.

If you ask the average person who’d be interested in Bernie what “intersectionality” or the “Bechdel Test” is they’d have absolutely no idea nor would they care. Why should they, when they can barely afford housing and medical bills? What “privilege” do they have, from their perspective, when that is true?

The identity posturing of late will alienate the voters Bernie actually needs to potentially win while swaying absolutely no one to his candidacy.