The real problem with America is that ordinary people have too much freedom that they use to make too many stupid decisions about how to spend their money and live their lives. And the only solution is to make sure that self-appointed, know-better elites, and the richer the better, take power so they can wrench the deplorables' money and freedom away from them.
For their own good, of course. Always.
Warren is too politically savvy to admit it outright, but her allies are clear: Universally beneficial economic growth is neither a priority nor is it particularly desirable. The objective is to mete out a comeuppance to the Americans who they believe deserve it. In that sense, the cruelty is the point.