Two books have summed it up for me perfectly over the decades:

Susan Sontag -- Regarding the Pain of Others

Naomi Klein -- The Shock Doctrine

https://www.amazon.com/Regarding-Pain-Others-Susan-Sontag/dp... https://www.amazon.com/Shock-Doctrine-Rise-Disaster-Capitali...

> I read Naomi Klein's "This Changes Everything.

The The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism is another insightful book of hers, I highly recommend it, it was written in 2008 as the financial crisis happened: https://www.amazon.com/Shock-Doctrine-Rise-Disaster-Capitali...

Ever read "The Shock Doctrine"? It lays out how the rich cause and exploit catastrophe to consolidate and strengthen their holdings.

https://www.amazon.com/Shock-Doctrine-Rise-Disaster-Capitali...