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I don't know what you mean by 'injustice' - it seems to be a proxy for 'I don't like it when trees die'. Is there more?

Actually, for me, I primarily dislike needless waste. A bunch of resources were dedicated to growing this orchard which will all go to naught. It's better to destroy the orchard than sink even more effort into it if it'll be wasted in the end but the lack of forethought and planning is concerning.

It's a bit awkwardly worded but unjust isn't the word I'd specifically choose, it was inherited from the OP so maybe their view of what "injustice" meant was different and I just hijacked it. Dunno. I interpreted is as an unjust allocation of resources that could have been put to more productive uses.

>but the lack of forethought and planning is concerning.

How did you determine this? Do you expect every single venture with forethought and planning to "succeed" (however you define that)?

Is it not prudent to assume that when the farmers made the decision to plant those trees, they did so with the best available information and "forethought" they had?

They are going to naught now, so that the resources (land) can be better used. The trees were productive during their life.

The waste would have been continuing to use large amounts of water to grow a crop with declining popularity.

Did it have declining popularity?

Yes

By that logic, all "injustice" is "I don't like it when X happens" - there is nothing more.

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