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Thank you for educating me on this.

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

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

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

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Truly horrible! I’ll never own another diamond!

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

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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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