It'll make the third party split between "Progressives" and Democrats marginally more likely

When all the established powers of a given society are shittin on something, eventually a wave of youthful and obstinate contrarianism will arise, basically the "left" (as organized around the phenomenon of bernieism or squadism or whatever the modern American "left" is popularly conceived of as being) is made "cooler"

Because it's funny and the drama will make left podcasts bearable to listen to again