2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Has Bernie Sanders always listened to Barry Manilow? [View all]senz
(11,945 posts)and, yes, I could imagine him staying on with Dylan after he "went electric."
There were communes and then there were communes, and in the mid to late sixties, a LOT of people lived communally, often like-minded people merely sharing a suite in a building in a city, sharing food, smoking dope, living loosely and gently together. It wasn't a Big Deal. So, being the person he was, he could have done that. But nowadays, people see the sixties in a two-dimensional, stereotypical way and would (and will) try to paint Bernie as some kind of wild man. But at that time, it was not wild. For someone like Bernie, it would have been deeply sincere and kind and good. As it often was, for maybe two or three years.
I admire him so much for keeping the faith, so to speak. He seems to have stayed true to his ideals. I hope they don't hurt him.