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.
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.