@fishecon I recently heard an ad on the radio from a diamond company complaining that people were buying lab-grown diamonds and they shouldn't because those "lose their value far quicker than real diamonds".

And, it's like, yeah, we know real diamonds command higher prices, but only because you hold them back in a vault to create fake value. Whereas with the fake diamonds we literally pay for what we get and receive an exact exchange of real value. Why would anyone want to pay more for what the diamond companies are holding back?

These people have been running a scam on humanity for hundreds of years now. Their time is over.