NEW STORY: Set in the Central African Republic, this savage satire uses the folkloric “rule of three” to tell a frankly brutal allegory of exploitation and innocence. HOW 'BOUT A COSTLY JOKE (FEATURING DIAMONDS), by Abhishek Sengupta @AbhishekSWrites

https://fabulistmagazine.com/how-bout-a-costly-joke-featuring-diamonds/

#blooddiamonds
#fable
#allegory
#magicrealism
#thefabulistflash

Blockchain tokens are digital blood diamonds. Their value in based on their scarcity, which is entirely artificial. It's quicker and cheaper (and less lethal) to manufacture diamond from abundant carbons than to mine natural ones. Similarly, it's quicker and cheaper to generate tokens on new blockchins than to mine them on existing ones.

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#BlockChains #BloodDiamonds

"I bambini, dai 6 ai 16 anni, sono costretti a lasciare la scuola per unirsi ai genitori nel lavoro massacrante nella cava di #Braza.
Le ragazze, anche minorenni, non vengono risparmiate da questa faticosa realtà."

#Tshikapa #BloodDiamonds #5giugno #RDC

https://diogeneonline.info/crescere-a-tshikapa-dove-i-bambini-lavorano-nelle-miniere-di-diamanti/

Fuck yeah!

Fuck De Beers.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/05/diamond-industry-in-trouble-as-lab-grown-gemstones-tank-prices-further.html

Further reading, e.g. https://publicintegrity.org/national-security/making-a-killing/conflict-diamonds-are-forever/

#Diamonds #BloodDiamonds #ConflictDiamonds

#BloodDiamonds #LordOfWar #ResourcePredation #KenSaroWiwa

From: @LALegault
https://newsie.social/@LALegault/111626359586962409

You mean we were still buying this luxury item from the terrorists a year and a half after their second invasion of Ukraine?

You can tell what sort of people we have in governments. "Yeah, they are bad people, but just let me buy a few more jewels before we do anything to annoy them."

#russia #sanctions #diamonds #blooddiamonds #Ukraine

Russian diamonds set for ban under new EU sanctions
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67413029