Just a little bit of RIU history for you:
I was one saying that don't count Trump out, and get out and vote. I was kinda making enemies with my liberal friends here that were for Bernie, even after he didn't get the nomination.
Allot of those Bernie Babies(sorry my liberal friends really) wanted a much more progressive candidate.
Allot of those " " Didn't vote because Hillary wasn't Bernie.
So when you pretend that Trump won because he is the best, you're fucking delusional
Hillary still won the popular by 3mil.
I got out and voted in my primary back in March of 2016. I voted for Bernie, as did the rest of my precinct by a full 5:1 margin, or 80 to 16.
Then I watched them play every dirty trick in the book to derail his campaign without so much as bothering to try and hide what they were doing.
Even so, I still gritted my teeth and voted for Mrs Clinton in November.
You can't accuse me of not being involved, nor for failing to stick with the party when the chips were down.
That said, I think your analysis has more than a grain of truth.