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CLASSIC: Diamonds: The Conspiracy

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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Isn't It Nice?

In between 19 38 and 19 forty one the sales in diamonds in the united states, which was tumbling downward, increased by 55 % of in, what, in four years? That's crazy. So this capitalized on this thing. They said, ok, if a diamond doesn't have an intrinsic physical value, right? It is a widely used in industrial applications, but not so much at the time. And they said, waywaway, people break up, though. I know even in the forties, people broke up. We can't have em just flooding the market again afterward. Seeow by controlling the market, you have control the after sale as well. Yes,

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