Her real aim here isn’t as much “do what’s right” as it is “do what cuts into Cheetolini’s voter base.” And she does have to choose her battles. She can’t take on every corporation in the country all at once. She can’t possibly hope to win if she tries to fight on every front at once. Even Teddy Roosevelt didn’t get his trust-busting done all at once. As a matter of fact, all he really did was start the wave. There was actually more government trust-busting action under Taft than there was under Roosevelt.
Warren has the sense to realize Rome wasn’t built in a day, and a better America can’t be either. That’s what distinguishes people who support her from Trump supporters. His adherents cling desperately to an almost childish wish to believe that there are quick, cheap, simple answers to problems that have been built over decades. Warren supporters are rational adults, where Trump supporters are like him - overgrown children.
