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George W. Bush's presidency from 2005-06

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Higher gas prices – and the political backlash that resulted – gave oil corporations an opening to knock down environmental limits on offshore drilling.

"Corporations are built to be opportunistic,” says Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine. “That's their mission. If there's an opportunity, they must take advantage of it, and it's in the interests of their shareholders, and they shouldn't be sentimental about it.

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“So that's what capitalism is supposed to do: take advantage of opportunities. What I'm talking about, and what I mean by disaster capitalism, is a political strategy."

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