A hell of a lot better. Probably, he would actually be a decent president. Unfortunately, he probably wouldn't have made it past the 2020 election, given how hard left he tacked in the primaries in a misguided attempt to try and one-up Elizabeth Warren on everything. The more time passes, the more it becomes clear that the failure of Bernie in 2016 and 2020 is the great tragedy of American progressivism.
America wasn’t ready. Things need to get even worse before the people see. Things are worse right now here in Canada, but people think it’s because of the Liberals, not because of capitalism. When the Conservatives win in a landslide and then fail to fix anything, we may finally be prime for an NDP government with a better leader than Singh.
America will have its chance for socialism in a few cycle’s time, don’t worry. I’m not sure who the champion will be, but trust the process.