• CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    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.

    • seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org
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      1 year ago

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