PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoSouth African diamond miner being x-rayed at the end of his shift to prevent theft, 1954lemmy.worldimagemessage-square81linkfedilinkarrow-up1611arrow-down111
arrow-up1600arrow-down1imageSouth African diamond miner being x-rayed at the end of his shift to prevent theft, 1954lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square81linkfedilink
minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.socialMlinkfedilinkarrow-up29·2 years agoReally? Jesus. I would have expected such a thing to have long died out.
minus-squarekadu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·2 years agoMining is one of the most grotesque industries: child labor, slave labor, water contamination, entire ecosystems being destroyed, workers getting contaminated with everything you could imagine.
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down1·2 years agoAll for diamonds that can be created with chemical deposition for cheaper.
minus-squareloki@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years ago“A Diamond is forever” ad campaign really fucked the perception of diamonds.
minus-squareElliott@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoThe practice of x-raying or the worker?
Really? Jesus. I would have expected such a thing to have long died out.
Mining is one of the most grotesque industries: child labor, slave labor, water contamination, entire ecosystems being destroyed, workers getting contaminated with everything you could imagine.
All for diamonds that can be created with chemical deposition for cheaper.
“A Diamond is forever” ad campaign really fucked the perception of diamonds.
The practice of x-raying or the worker?
Bof