SPATA, Greece (AP) — In an olive grove on the outskirts of Athens, grower Konstantinos Markou pushes aside the shoots of new growth to reveal the stump of a tree — a roughly 150-year-old specimen, he said, that was among 15 cut down on his neighbor’s land by thieves eager to turn it into money.

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    8 months ago

    And why do gangs exist? Let’s go back to my first comment to try and figure that out… Oh, that’s right, social problems. Thanks for agreeing with me 👍

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      8 months ago

      It kinda seems like you think burning someones house and job down is justified if you steal while doing it

      Its like you dont even actually understand what the societal issues are, you just overheard an adult say something kind of like that once.

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        8 months ago

        It’s funny because if the victim was a known billionaire you wouldn’t be saying the same thing.

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          8 months ago

          If the victim was only robbed, and a billionaire, you mean?

          Killing a century old culturally signifigant tree is still a crime, and unjustified by theft.

          But yeah, bud, the fact that the cultural icon of a historic tree was also the livelihood of a different struggling worker makes it a worse crime, good job working that one out all on your lonesome.

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      Because it’s easier to make money when you steal and have no costs than it is to build an orchard and work it.

      Do you think the Mafia was just like “we’ll stop doing crime when we’re not poor anymore?”

      If I leave a $50 bill on the table at a cafe or the library and go to the bathroom it’s not going to be there when I get back, someone will have taken it. It’s not because they were poor, it’s because someone could do so without consequences.