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> I'm afraid Warren and Sanders populism is now unopposed in the Democratic party

Both of these senators ran in the presidential primary and not only were they opposed, they were defeated.

> For a sitting senator to act like she can use the power of the government because someone was "snotty" to her is ridiculous.

You're cherry-picking her quote, because that isn't all she said. A more charitable reading of said cherry is "companies shouldn't feel they're above the law".

> I'm much more bothered by the monopoly of power represented by government.

I don’t know what that means - are you proposing that governments not have sovereignty over the states in which they control? Or are you saying that we need to take her tweet in the most literal meaning possible and assume she is intending to use anti-trust as a means to punish Amazon for the sole reason of a middle manager sent a mean tweet?

I think the meaning is that because government has a monopoly on force/power that they need to be far more careful about how they word things. It's the kind of outburst you expect to see from a movie villain: "Don't you plebs know who I am?!"

But perhaps this shows that some politicians are far more willing to communicate with people more candidly.

I think it’s a very contrived and sad attempt to try to make a “both-sides” argument.

Have no fear. Amazon's bankroll and headcount means their lobbyists have far more power than Warren to influence the course of events.

Proof needed. We have government for a reason, and it's to handle imposing accountability on forces just like this.

I never understood why lobbying, a.k.a. 'legalized bribing' is even allowed.

> so you’re not powerful enough to heckle senators with snotty tweets.

Too good for the first?

Free speech has seen less value to those in control of the cultural zeitgeist. Unfortunately, the American populace seems to agree there.