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Collision Resistance@lemm.ee to Late Stage Capitalism@lemmygrad.mlEnglish · 2 年前

Disaster Capitalists Are Circling Maui Like Buzzards

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Disaster Capitalists Are Circling Maui Like Buzzards

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Collision Resistance@lemm.ee to Late Stage Capitalism@lemmygrad.mlEnglish · 2 年前
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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.
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    Disaster capitalists? You know what, nevermind.

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      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

      • ☭ Blursty ☭@lemmygrad.ml
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        Why not just “capitalists”?

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          Capitalist on its own isn’t enough of a dirty word to most Americans.

          Yet.

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            carpet baggers is what I call these scum.

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    Unfortunately, many people with Native ancestry here are “land rich, money poor,” which is what speculators are banking on. Fortunately a lot of them are on the more north side of the island, which didn’t burn. But it’s bad, and Maui was rapidly turning into Oahu even before the fire.

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