One big unintended consequence of a Sander's nomination

Bernie Sanders as the Democratic Party's nominee for the Presidency would spark a realpolitik crash course in socialism.   The course would offer enlightenment for those born after the collapse of the Soviet Union who are, today, ignorant of the abysmal, national failures of the socialist ideology.     Ironically, the education would be led by both left and right platforms of mass media – television, print, and web-based, including social media.  Making for strange bedfellows.  The left is not yet ready to openly endorse a full-blown, socialist agenda. Too much to lose, too quickly.  But Bern may hijack the party—of which he's not even an official member.