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Excellent reporting! Thank you! What you see here is the finest example of Corporate Success. The other big names in business, especially the online players, follow the same schemes. They make Trump look like a toddler. It’s simple to make the most money - vertically integrate, exploit all inputs (capital, labor, resources, the planet) and totally exclude inept revenue-hungry jurisdictions from your business plan. Paying taxes is for the ignorant and incompetent.

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Great subject and start. I saw a documentary on Ikea in the last year or two pointing out the destructiveness of their products. I rarely buy much of anything anymore, but antiques and consignment shops often have great, well-made stuff, and the hunt is much more interesting than assembling a piece of junk. This may be useful to you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sft1wVGyEnk

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Thanks Geoffrey!

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Oh no. Have never thought about this. Have never bought ikea or similar - thank you for bringing awareness.

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Amazing reporting and reflects what the documentary says. Is it possible that certifications like FSC and PEFC know nothing of what’s going on? https://open.substack.com/pub/foresttips/p/echoes-of-the-forest?r=3h76u9&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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