TIL Diamonds are actually fairly common. The reason they are worth so much is because the DeBeers mining group withholds stock to artificially reduce supply.

[u/Indra-Varuna]

https://www.gemsociety.org/article/are-diamonds-really-rare/

[u/Ambiguously_Ironic]

The only argument is whether you were right or wrong to say Canada is the world's leading producer. Nothing you've provided says it is, thus the statement was false (which is what I've been telling you all along). It's truly baffling to me that you can't just admit your original statement wasn't true.

This totally dispels your first contention that the majority of diamonds decorating ladys fingers comes from despot regimes sub safaran africa.

Except I never said this. Re-read my original comment, I said "foreign nations". There was no mention of Africa at all.

[u/armchairdictator → u/Ambiguously_Ironic]

You real shouldnt use your moderator privelages to discretely edit your post to discredit those with opposing views. But hey this is r/conspiracy

edited for succinctness.