That is to say, it doesn't mean much. Is it a win? Of sorts. It shows some marginal accountability. It's marginal for a number of reasons. Here are two big ones:

1. DWS was already a mere figurehead at the DNC. She was replaced as the day-to-day operations "manager" back in June.

2. The damage has already been done. The media narrative and conspiracy to scuttle Bernie's credibility and interfere with his campaign operations already did the damage required. This isn't like a crime where punishment after-the-fact may serve as a deterrent for future offenses.

This leads me to my main point: liberals and progressives are going to think this is a great event and use it as an excuse to return back to the pen. It's going to foment the kabuki narrative of progressives getting some major leverage, and it's certainly going to bring a few fence-sitting former-Bernie-supporters around.

And this is why liberals and progressives have no power in this country. Not "almost no power," but none. We collectively are too eager to play the game, to warm up to corruption and craven right-centrism in the name of "ethical" strategic voting against "greater evils". This election has exposed more than just the terrible, corrupt underbelly of our oligarchy. It has exposed progressives' collective weakness and willingness to play the part of sheep.

Voting Green is a way to combat this nonsense, but just barely and mainly only because as a political party they're (probably) not (as) corrupt. It's still working within the existing system a bit too much for my tastes. We need something more. We need an aggressive agenda of election and voting reforms. Until progressives wake the fuck up and get out of the veal pen that's not going to happen. We'll just keep getting the same dilemma every election.