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Stanley Wotring's avatar

Thank you for educating me on this.

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Dale Waldo's avatar

DeBeers and those fucking diamonds. Shiny things that people will kill to obtain. Who are the real savages?

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RoseAnne Mussar's avatar

I also had no idea. The unmitigated, unfathomable arrogance of European colonialists is truly stomach-churning.

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Patris's avatar

I knew this because my history teachers in highschool weren’t told to shut up by anyone. (Yay disenchanted scribblers) Doubt my grandchildren are being taught this, but they will.

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Kim Danielle Agnello's avatar

I was an educator for 25 years...and had no idea. Thank you for educating me!

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Mindi Menzel's avatar

Truly horrible! I’ll never own another diamond!

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DawnRWolfe's avatar

There are lab-grown options. Those may be problematic in other ways I don't know about, though.

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Mindi Menzel's avatar

I’m pretty much just done with jewelry all around. I will occasionally put on a pair of earrings, but they don’t contain precious gems.

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