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Re:IKEA buys 11,000 acres of U.S. forest to keep it from bei... by jcims on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @09:12AM (#25928451)
It was mostly tongue in cheek but it would be interesting to see how the public reacts to such a declaration. If actually implemented I am fairly confident that countermeasures could be taken to avoid casualties and collateral damage, but historically those things get pretty slippery over time.
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Re:IKEA buys 11,000 acres of U.S. forest to keep it from bei... by glenneroo on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @09:19AM (#25928525)
I suspect public reaction would depend on how media decides to spin it:

- poor starving people just trying to feed their families and in order to survive, will take any job and are being exploited to this end by <cartels/greedy corporations/etc>

or

- dirty scumbags killing innocent animals and cutting down swathes of protected forest just to make a quick buck

or any other narrative that sells clicks, not to say all media is corrupt/greedy, but it sure seems like most public reactions are based on media narratives.

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