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This is, in fact, one of the great virtues of publicly owned corporations as opposed to private ownership is that the Onceler might rationally want to take all the payments now and enjoy them before he dies without heir than preserve the long-term value of the Thneed farms.
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And shareholder value of taking a sustainable harvest in perpetuity (e.g. the future value of harvests made impossible by rapacious logging) almost certainly exceeds shareholder value of taking them all now and being left with worthless land (assuming Onceler Inc. owns theland).
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OrenWithAnE: And shareholder value of taking a sustainable harvest in perpetuity (e.g. the future value of harvests made impossible by rapacious logging) almost certainly exceeds shareholder value of taking them all now and being left with worthless land (assuming Onceler Inc. owns theland).
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The Onceler, his power-CEO arch-nemesis, kidnaps the Brown Barbaloots an holds the world for ransom under his maniacal chainsaw assaults.
VOTD: Grindhouse Movie Trailer For Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax | /Film 2010
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This is, in fact, one of the great virtues of publicly owned corporations as opposed to private ownership is that the Onceler might rationally want to take all the payments now and enjoy them before he dies without heir than preserve the long-term value of the Thneed farms.
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The Lorax just looked at the Onceler and didn't say a word.
Rabett Run EliRabett 2009
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The fallacy of the article is that the Onceler was not constructing residential buildings, but rather manufacturing facilities.
What the Lorax got wrong. Ann Althouse 2009
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When I met Alan, he was in his late 70s, and had been housebound in Athens for 15 odd years – visiting him, which involved his passing a key through the difficult-to-reach ground-floor window, was rather like visiting the Onceler.
2007 October : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation - Part 2 2007
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When I met Alan, he was in his late 70s, and had been housebound in Athens for 15 odd years – visiting him, which involved his passing a key through the difficult-to-reach ground-floor window, was rather like visiting the Onceler.
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The pollution and environmental degradation in pursuit of profit are plausible, but would the Onceler who is apparently a very clever fellow *really* chop down the last Truffula Tree?
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Those Short-Term, Quarterly Focused Corporations 2008
tankhughes commented on the word Onceler
pronounced "WON-suh-LUR", the antagonist of the Lorax who was transformed into a twink in the CGI remake of the story. Due to there being no other characters to shop the Onceler with, the Onceler was famously shipped with AU (alternate universe) versions of himself in fanfiction online, specifically on Tumblr
Explanation of Onceler universe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us5Y_Kba7To
https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/1q5tt2u/cursed_bible_moment/
New sentence: "Does a single vivziepop character leave the onceler BMI bracket or are they all build sic like garden shed tools"
(Vivziepop is the nickname of the animator/creator of Hazbin Hotel.)
January 7, 2026