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Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p>Here's some good news:</p><p>The looming death of a cruel <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/monopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monopoly</span></a> with a deep <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/colonial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>colonial</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exploitation</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humanrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanrights</span></a> abuses, fueling <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/terrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>terrorism</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/warlords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>warlords</span></a></p><p>You see, when you can grow it in a lab, nobody cares anymore about your dirty price fixing games, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeBeers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeBeers</span></a></p><p>Welcome to oblivion</p><p>History books will not write "ooh! sparkly!"</p><p>They will write about the toll of human suffering you inflicted</p><p>"<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Diamonds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Diamonds</span></a> lose their sparkle as prices come crashing down"</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jan/25/diamonds-lose-their-sparkle-as-prices-come-crashing-down" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/2025/</span><span class="invisible">jan/25/diamonds-lose-their-sparkle-as-prices-come-crashing-down</span></a></p>
:redstar: Spartacus<p>No more blood diamonds<br><a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> is blowing up the diamond market</p><p>China produces 95% of the world’s man-made diamonds. Lab-grown diamonds are now vital components in industrial machinery, cutting tools, and even semiconductors and electronics.<br>For decades, <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/DeBeers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeBeers</span></a> manipulated supply and prices in global diamond markets. But China’s booming production of man-made stones, including for jewelry, has DeBeers struggling. </p><p>It’s always good to crash a <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/monopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monopoly</span></a></p>