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I don't understand what you mean. His entire activism history is on his Wikipedia page. He's been fighting the good fight and influencing people in lower politics long before he became a senator.
He did a lot in the 60s as a university student during the Civil Rights Movement, a time when a lot of white people weren't stepping up, and they really needed to.
"He became the chairman of the university chapter of the Congress for Racial Equality (CORE) and merged the group with SNCC — the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. Bernie literally helped lead the first known sit-in in at the University of Chicago, where 33 students camped outside of the President’s office — protesting segregating housing on campus."
This is from this article: https://medium.com/@ShaunKing/you-dont-really-know-who-bernie-sanders-was-in-the-1960s-79628016125f
Feel free to read more if you like. He did a lot of protesting against police brutality at the time as well.
Just because somebody hasn't fixed every issue doesn't mean they aren't fighting the good fight. Bernie is clearly a man who has always had his heart in the right place and knows that the good fight requires more than just him, but that doesn't mean he's ever gonna stop.