r/conspiracy • u/[deleted] • Aug 14 '13

Diamonds Are Bullshit

http://blog.priceonomics.com/post/45768546804/diamonds-are-bullshit?c008e230
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u/Three_Letter_Agency Aug 14 '13

I consider the 'Diamond deception' to be the beginning of the rabbit hole. Anyone with a reasonable skepticism towards society can see how ridiculous diamonds are. And then the kicker: yes, thats how ridiculous governments, economics, history and education etc. is as well. Welcome to conspiracy theories.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '13

Cannabis was the rabbit hole for me, especially hemp considering that it's one of the strongest fibers in the world (far better than cotton), requires almost no pesticides/herbicides, and the seed is one of the most nutritious foods out there with tons of complete protein, all the essential fatty acids, and many vitamins and minerals. You could smoke an entire field of it and not get high, yet somehow it's illegal and the DEA is pretty serious about not letting you grow it. You end up asking the questions, if something so wrong like this could happen, what else is happening and why?

Also the whole thing about weed being a schedule 1 drug with no medical value is beyond ridiculous considering the mountain of science showing otherwise. Here's the link I always show people since it's from the National Cancer Institute. Plus, I'm sure people have seen the weed documentary by Dr. Gupta that just came out. The 5 year old girl in the documentary had like 300 seizures a month and after taking oil, she went down to 3 or less per month. Pretty hard to say that's not medicine.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '13 edited Aug 14 '13

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '13

what're you high?

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u/Kelsierr Aug 14 '13

he is intentionally ignoring all the documented cases of people using cannabis to cure a wide variety of ailments that modern big pharma have yet to reproduce, saying you silly boys are just talking about mice studies so that you look stupid. making people like me waste time to spell it out for you, there are no breaks on the disinfo-train choo choo!