r/dndmemes • u/valsagan Artificer • Nov 13 '21

they're not rare, De Beers manually controls the market price by limiting the amount of diamonds on the market. Lore meme

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u/ubjbjbhbubk Nov 13 '21

Thank you. I always wonder how the hell they "have a monopoly" if they only control 30% of the market.

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u/gophergun Nov 13 '21

Yeah, that used to be true, but hasn't been for decades.

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u/A_Simple_Peach DM (Dungeon Memelord) Nov 14 '21

I mean the monopoly itself is gone, but the cultural impact it and its marketing had isn't, and so they're still sold for incredible amounts of money. Also I don't have any evidence for this, but I'd definitely be willing to bet money that the major diamond sellers of the world probably cooperate behind the scenes, fixing their prices so that they can keep them high.