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Honestly, fuck the diamond industry (lemmy.zip)
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[โ€“] CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works 43 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The Kimberley certification process for diamonds has been entirely co-opted and no longer serves the purpose of ensuring you are not buying blood diamonds. All the NGOs that matter have already walked away considering it a lost cause.

If you buy natural diamonds, there is a good chance you are supporting criminal enterprise and warlords.

[โ€“] seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org 30 points 11 months ago

You're getting ripped off, too. The price is artificially inflated, because it's controlled by a cartel.