☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 22 days agoDiamonds are plunging in value around the world. Is China to blame?www.scmp.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down11
arrow-up147arrow-down1external-linkDiamonds are plunging in value around the world. Is China to blame?www.scmp.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 22 days agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareDr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·22 days agoBlame? Sounds like it might be a good thing?
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up38·22 days agoIt absolutely is a good thing, natural diamond industry is largely based on slave labor and it destroys the environment. There is absolutely no reason for it to exist when we can cheaply manufacture diamonds.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9·21 days agoIt’s the usual framing of whatever China does as bad, regardless of what it is.
Blame? Sounds like it might be a good thing?
It absolutely is a good thing, natural diamond industry is largely based on slave labor and it destroys the environment. There is absolutely no reason for it to exist when we can cheaply manufacture diamonds.
It’s the usual framing of whatever China does as bad, regardless of what it is.