group/individual taking advantage of another group/individual.
Sometimes it's civilized/disguised sometimes it's more blunt.
The senate passed the bill apologizing for mistreating Chinese 100 years ago. -there is little harm for them now to do so.
But if it proves to be beneficial in the future for them to exclude Chinese again, they will do it 'unanimously' again. Hohoho.
Chinese are famous for not knowing what their interests are. Most of them only know how to steal (in the broadest sense) little things.