As someone in the UK, I'm quite happy for amazon to provide me with low cost items on this basis. The tax is fixed rate VAT here in the UK so everything I buy from a tax dodge means I'm effectively getting a small rebate against my nearly £3375 a month (including income tax, NI and VAT) contribution to the state every month versus spinning another 20% into VAT.

Then when I snuff it, capital gains time...

Well, the people who work in the fulfillment centers are poorly paid. The software engineers, managers, and other employees that work within the organization are generally paid very competitively with companies like google etc.

Your taxes (as well as mine) are subsidizing the profits of a heck of a lot of firms.

If they were unemployed, certainly they would be collecting even more benefits. If anything Amazon is subsidizing your tax burden.