Before the embers were even cold in Lāhainā, Maui, survivors of the wildfires started reporting cold calls from land speculators hoping to scoop up Hawaiian properties at bargain prices — proving once again that capitalists never let a good crisis go to waste.
Disaster capitalists? You know what, nevermind.
Why nevermind? It’s a very real thing, Naomi Klein wrote a fantastic book on the subject. I’d recommend it
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shock_Doctrine
Why not just “capitalists”?
Capitalist on its own isn’t enough of a dirty word to most Americans.
Yet.
carpet baggers is what I call these scum.