以色列的钻石工业正在走向灭绝。这对以色列国防军来说是一个十亿美元的问题
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The Israeli diamond industry is collapsing, as high tariffs and strong competition in the US market are crippling demand for natural stones from Israeli firms.
The US - Israel diamond trade is crucial to Israel's economy, and the industry even directly supports the Israeli Defense Forces with over $1 billion a year. Moreover, the diamond trade in Africa is financed with illicit weapons sales and training by IDF commanders.
以色列的钻石产业正在崩溃，因为高额关税和美国市场的激烈竞争正在削弱对以色列公司天然宝石的需求。美国-以色列的钻石贸易对以色列经济至关重要，这个行业每年甚至直接支持以色列国防军超过10亿美元。此外，非洲的钻石贸易还与非法武器销售和以色列国防军指挥官的培训有关。
India replaced Israel as the top exporter of natural diamonds ten years ago, and Chinese-made artificial diamonds are increasingly preferred by younger buyers.
The market situation in the United States and the war in Gaza led to a collapse in Israeli lending and investment in the sector, which is now at historic lows. Wholesale diamond buyers are reluctant to visit Israel, and its annual diamond show was recently canceled.
十年前，印度取代以色列成为天然钻石的最大出口国，而中国制造的人工钻石越来越受到年轻买家的青睐。美国的市场形势以及加沙的战争导致以色列在该领域的贷款和投资崩溃，如今处于历史低点。批发钻石买家不愿意访问以色列，其年度钻石展览会最近也被取消。
The Israeli diamond industry is collapsing, as high tariffs and strong competition in the US market are crippling demand for natural stones from Israeli firms.
The US - Israel diamond trade is crucial to Israel's economy, and the industry even directly supports the Israeli Defense Forces with over $1 billion a year. Moreover, the diamond trade in Africa is financed with illicit weapons sales and training by IDF commanders.
以色列的钻石产业正在崩溃，因为高额关税和美国市场的激烈竞争正在削弱对以色列公司天然宝石的需求。美国-以色列的钻石贸易对以色列经济至关重要，这个行业每年甚至直接支持以色列国防军超过10亿美元。此外，非洲的钻石贸易还与非法武器销售和以色列国防军指挥官的培训有关。
India replaced Israel as the top exporter of natural diamonds ten years ago, and Chinese-made artificial diamonds are increasingly preferred by younger buyers.
The market situation in the United States and the war in Gaza led to a collapse in Israeli lending and investment in the sector, which is now at historic lows. Wholesale diamond buyers are reluctant to visit Israel, and its annual diamond show was recently canceled.
十年前，印度取代以色列成为天然钻石的最大出口国，而中国制造的人工钻石越来越受到年轻买家的青睐。美国的市场形势以及加沙的战争导致以色列在该领域的贷款和投资崩溃，如今处于历史低点。批发钻石买家不愿意访问以色列，其年度钻石展览会最近也被取消。
评论翻译
@jarednovel
Israel has no diamonds mines. Israel has been exploiting African diamonds resources some that are extracted in conflict zones within Africa. It is time African countries stopped this.
以色列没有钻石矿。以色列一直在剥削非洲的钻石资源，其中一些是在非洲的冲突地区开采的。是时候让非洲国家停止这一行为了。
@blairseaman461
China realized long ago the diamonds real value is as an industrial abrasive. Other than that, diamonds are worthless baubles.
中国早就意识到，钻石的真正价值在于作为工业磨料。除此之外，钻石只不过是无价值的装饰品。
@marksellers665
The irony of a diamond encrusted concrete saw working in the background.
一个镶嵌着钻石的混凝土锯在背景中工作的讽刺。
@LukaPaja
We can only hope. But the world needs to make sure they never have a chance to escape
我们只能希望。但世界需要确保他们永远没有机会逃脱。
@arronhopsburg8532
We stopped buying diamonds two years ago. Local goldsmiths tell us the lab-grown diamond demand account for 90% of their sales. Natural diamond demand and prices have fallen through the floor.This has to be an issue in many other places besides Alberta Canada.
我们两年前就停止购买钻石了。当地的金匠告诉我们，实验室培育的钻石需求占他们销售的90%。天然钻石的需求和价格已经跌至谷底。这在加拿大以外的许多地方也必然存在这个问题。
@KennethITGuru
Remember when the US put all these sanctions on countries and made it a felony offense for buying "blood diamonds" from African nations? But they never put any of those restrictions or punished Israel citizens for breaking those laws. Let their diamond industry go into the ground.
还记得美国对这些国家实施制裁，并将从非洲国家购买‘血钻’定为重罪吗？但他们从未对以色列公民违反这些法律施加任何限制或惩罚。让他们的钻石产业崩溃吧。
@Intel-i7-9700k
Great reminder to check the supply chain of expensive products you purchase. Because before you know it, you are contributing to the state finance of a country that deserves to be boycotted.
这是一个很好的提醒，要检查你购买的昂贵产品的供应链。因为在你意识到之前，你可能正在为一个值得被抵制的国家的财政做贡献。
@Gerry-t1w
Laboratory-grown diamonds are not conflict diamonds. They are high-tech diamonds with higher purity, and after cutting and polishing, they are even more brilliant and dazzling. They truly make diamonds accessible to everyone, making them no longer out of reach. Furthermore, laboratory-grown diamonds are also more suitable for industrial applications.
实验室培育的钻石不是冲突钻石。它们是高科技钻石，纯度更高，经过切割和抛光后，更加璀璨夺目。它们真正让每个人都能接触到钻石，使其不再遥不可及。此外，实验室培育的钻石也更适合工业应用。
@mefobills279
Usury needs to be fought on all fronts. Trafficking in diamonds was an arm of the Hydra. The usual characters, Oppenheimer-steins, started up DeBeers as a usury scheme. Diamonds were available in surface caches. Ernest Oppenheimer muscled in and controlled the mines and markets to take maximum profits as rents for his kind. Unfortunately, even the Chinese have not fully evolved to release debts that are sordid gain taking. Debt/Sin/Usury all exist in the same locus of a Venn diagram.
高利贷需要在各个方面进行斗争。钻石贩卖是海德拉的一部分。那些熟悉的角色，如奥本海默家族，创建了戴比尔斯作为一种高利贷计划。钻石可以在表层储藏中找到。欧内斯特·奥本海默强行控制了矿山和市场，以最大化利润作为他的租金。不幸的是，即使是中国人也尚未完全发展到摆脱那些卑鄙利益的债务。债务/罪恶/高利贷都存在于同一个维恩图的交集之中。
@SeanLumly
Once again, China (by way of its lab-grown diamond industry) is prived a force for world peace.
I will be glad when China retakes its rile as world power.
再一次，中国（通过其实验室培育的钻石产业）被证明是世界和平的力量。我会很高兴看到中国重新取得其作为世界强国的地位。
@glenngilbert7389
Any news of Israel's tanking economy is good news...in fact any bad news for Israel is good news for the rest of us
关于以色列经济崩溃的任何消息都是好消息……事实上，对以色列的任何坏消息对我们其他人来说都是好消息。
@ZweiZwolf
If China is banning export of superhard materials, then Isr diamonds should be just fine as prices rise. But if it collapses, that would be fine.
如果中国禁止出口超硬材料，那么以色列的钻石应该没问题，价格会上涨。但如果崩溃，那也没关系。
@peakserv
Don't buy natural diamonds, because they fund wars, misery and GENOCIDEs.
Buy artificial diamonds instead, they are cheaper and offer better value for money.
不要购买天然钻石，因为它们资助战争、痛苦和种族灭绝。购买人工钻石，它们更便宜，性价比更高
@hammylauw9574
China makes synthetic diamond,for industrial purposes, no atomic structural difference to the natural diamond. A fact. Diamonds are forever, not.
中国制造合成钻石，用于工业目的，与天然钻石在原子结构上没有区别。这是一个事实。钻石是永恒的，不是。
@douginorlando6260
Diamond substrates can make sensors and high power microwave transistors significantly better. Also electro-optical sensors protected by thin diamond windows (such as on air to air missiles) provide a significant improvement
钻石基底可以显著提高传感器和高功率微波晶体管的性能。此外，薄钻石窗口保护的电光传感器（如空对空导弹上的传感器）也提供了显著的改进。
@khalidrashad-xu8xe
Africans should be processing their raw materials into finished products . Diamond cutting and polishing is not rocket science and does not need enormous investments while the returns are phenomenal.
非洲人应该把他们的原材料加工成成品。切割和抛光钻石并不复杂，不需要巨额投资，而回报却是惊人的。
@thedeadbaby
diamonds aren't even all that rare. it's just compressed carbon and now they are manufactured with much less defects than natural diamonds.
钻石并不稀有。它只是一种压缩的碳，现在制造的钻石缺陷远少于天然钻石。
@mcwornex2123
I still don't understand why people would buy mined diamonds... it's atomically identical to synthetic diamonds, more expensive and less moral.
I'm still so shocked people can't see the diamond industry as the marketing machine it is
我仍然不明白为什么人们会购买开采的钻石……它与合成钻石在原子上是完全相同的，更贵且不道德。我仍然对人们看不到钻石产业作为一个营销机器感到震惊。
@scottpope6210
All that grinding and cutting noises,l have been part of it since the 70's, but not been a part of the profit, just the brunt of the force that makes it possible. We should have known a little more.....
所有那些研磨和切割的声音，自70年代以来就一直存在，但我们并没有从中获利，只是成为了实现这一切的力量的承受者。我们应该多了解一点……
@diegogmx2000
i actually wonder what would u buy a diamond for, for jewelry or as portable money, ok, not particularly interested in that, but idk if there are normal applications that an artificial diamond wouldnt be able to substitute
我其实想知道你买钻石是为了什么，是为了首饰还是作为流动资金？好吧，我对此并不是特别感兴趣，但我不知道是否有正常的应用场景是人工钻石无法替代的
@jupplut6159
I wonder how many carats of diamond the Chinese use to bore trough the Himalaya mountain to built the Nepal - China railway.
我想知道中国人在掘进喜马拉雅山以建造尼泊尔-中国铁路时用了多少克拉的钻石。”
@NT4XT
If he did otherwise, and insisted on an actual diamond, the best move is breaking up, because procreation with such mind set is unacceptable.
如果他做出其他选择，坚持要真正的钻石，最好的办法就是分手，因为有这样的心态进行繁殖是不可接受的。
@Moretistic
Apart from the moral question, which is admittedly huge, diamonds can only lose their value as they can now be grown to a size and quality which is perfectly suitable for jewelry for a fraction of the cost. Diamonds are a very bad investment. If I had diamonds as an investment now I would be trying to get rid of them like they were kryptonite.
除了道德问题（这一点无疑是巨大的）之外，钻石的价值只会下降，因为现在可以以极低的成本培养出适合珠宝的大小和质量的钻石。钻石是非常糟糕的投资。如果我现在拥有钻石作为投资，我会像对待氪石一样试图摆脱它们。
@ElleDee-s5y
I fell for the scam and bought a $3000 artificial diamond some years ago. Significant savings over the "real thing" but definitely this is a marketing scam.
我曾经被骗了，几年前买了一个3000美元的人工钻石。相比于‘真实的’钻石节省了不少，但这绝对是一个营销骗局。
@lorenzokaty
If China stops exporting diamonds prices will grow back.
Second most important point: is China an India production market dealing only with raw diamonds or do they take care of cutting and finishing too? Because this will make the difference in the long term
如果中国停止出口钻石，价格会再次上涨。第二个重要点是：中国是仅仅处理原材料的市场，还是也负责切割和抛光？因为这在长远发展中会产生差异。
@josiahluse9452
This has been coming for 20 years or more. Diamonds are extremely abundant and now we make them in a lab. This is what happens you corner yourself in a rent seeking industry where people are robbed of a fair price.
这一切已经持续了20年或更长时间。钻石极其丰富，现在我们可以在实验室里制造它们。这就是当你把自己困在一个寻租产业时，人们被剥夺了公平价格所发生的事情。
@phils4634
Chinese laboratory grown diamonds are technically far superior to the natural product, with consistent refractive index, which is rather important in optical computing (where China is an undisputed World leader); the jewellery industry is, for them, very much an incidental income stream, since the production demand is principally industrial (optics, tooling (esp. ultrafine wire dies), and micro-abrasive applications).
中国实验室培育的钻石在技术上远远优于天然产品，具有一致的折射率，这在光学计算中非常重要（而中国在这方面是无可争议的世界领先者）；对于他们来说，珠宝行业只是一种附带的收入来源，因为生产需求主要是工业用途（光学、工具（特别是超细线模具）和微磨料应用）。
@mamdouh-Tawadros
Synthetic stones (in which China dominates) are also cut in Israel. These types are less controversial than natural diamonds. Both synthetic and natural diamonds have the same physical and hardness properties.
合成石（中国在此领域占主导地位）也在以色列被切割。这些类型的石头比天然钻石争议更小。合成钻石和天然钻石在物理和硬度特性上是相同的。
@4-SeasonNature
China's in the process of making everything affordable for the whole world except for agricultural products, energy, and raw materials/ minerals.
中国正在努力让整个世界的所有产品都变得负担得起，除了农业产品、能源以及原材料/矿物。
@iCanarii
It was never a good investment to buy diamond. It was an evil market that women believe if you like them you should buy them diamond.
However, they fo not know if you Buy it today and you want to sell it. No one would buy it.
It would be better to buy precious stones and not diamond and just invest in platinum...
购买钻石从来不是一个好的投资。这是一个邪恶的市场，让女性相信如果你喜欢她们，就应该买钻石。然而，她们不知道，如果你今天买了它，想要转售时，没有人会买。与其买钻石，不如购买其他宝石，投资铂金……
@jasonneugebauer5310
It is sad that only China is stepping into the synthetic diamond market at scale. This alowes them to dominate yet another market across the globe.
Stock market dominated systems don't seem to be able to compete in production of a lot of goods.
很遗憾，只有中国在规模化进入合成钻石市场。这使他们能够在全球范围内主导另一个市场。股票市场主导的体系似乎无法在大量商品的生产中竞争。
@AndrewBreding
Eventually people are gonna find out there hiding the best stones away because they'd due the market. It's been fake scarcity from the beginning. This rather have artisan mines than one with machines and people who can read, who can read can report.
最终，人们会发现他们在隐藏最好的石头，因为这会贬值市场。从一开始就存在虚假的稀缺性。宁愿有工匠型矿山，也不希望有机器和能够阅读的人，能够阅读的人可以报告。
@Algolxxxxxx
The average American is poorer for having his tax dollars sent to Israel and they have the nerve to try to sell us their diamonds?
普通美国人的生活水平因为税款流向以色列而变得更低，他们竟然还有脸试图向我们出售他们的钻石？
@jps4506
The only people needing diamond mines are the super rich, profiting from fools who think an honest wife will love them more if they burn a month's pay on a stone instead of doing something together. Most diamonds so far have been blood and war diamonds, rather cynical for a show of love.
唯一需要钻石矿的人是超级富豪，他们从那些认为诚实的妻子会更爱他们的人身上获利，这些人认为花费一个月的薪水购买一颗钻石比一起做点什么更好。到目前为止，大多数钻石都是血钻和战争钻石，真是对爱的讽刺。
@Felix_Ruber
Nobody sees value in them anymore. People want more unique stones/jewelry made locally. A clear stone is boring, and old-fashioned, and a waste of money.
没有人再觉得它们有价值了。人们想要更独特的石头/当地制作的珠宝。透明的石头太无聊、过时，是浪费钱。
@veresannamaria4584
Israel is one reason not to buy diamonds, other reasons are their bloody origin in Africa and actually diamond is common mineral and it 's hight price is a result of market manipulation.
以色列是一个不购买钻石的理由，其他原因是它们在非洲的血腥来源，实际上钻石是一种常见矿物，而其高价是市场操控的结果
@badboi6332
Hope everyone watched carefully, how they (Israeli "businessmen" ) pressure or bribe others to control markets, and apply this pattern to other businesses, they will finally see how every Israeli or of its heritage does business. They call it competitive. I call it exploitation on the back of others.
希望大家仔细观察，以色列的‘商人’如何施压或贿赂他人以控制市场，并将这种模式应用于其他行业，他们最终会看到每个以色列人或其后裔是如何做生意的。他们称之为竞争，我称之为在他人背上剥削。”
@janbenny1
Buy lab grown diamonds, perfect in every aspect and value for money. Once bored with it just shoved it in drawers for keep. Its so perfect that it replaces real diamonds for the drilling oil industries.
购买实验室培育的钻石，完美无缺，性价比高。一旦厌倦了，就把它放进抽屉里保存。它的完美程度使其可以替代真正的钻石，用于石油钻探工业。
@dasskodly
They get their diamonds from DRC and I recall you Benjamin Reuben Zalman Polun, the mossad guy caught plotting a coup in DRC back in September 2024
他们的钻石来自刚果民主共和国，我记得你是本杰明·鲁本·扎尔曼·波伦，那个在2024年9月被抓到策划在刚果进行政变的摩萨德家伙
@jeremiahgelles
When I bought a diamond ring from my wife, I specifically asked that the DIAMOND's not come from Israel. So my jeweler gave us diamonds that were polished in India.
当我为我的妻子购买一枚钻石戒指时，我特别要求这颗钻石不是来自以色列。所以我的珠宝商给我们提供了在印度切割的钻石
@marilynjackson5752
I thought the diamond industry was failing because of the excellent lab grown diamonds available at a lesser price.
我以为钻石行业正在衰退，因为有价格更低的优质实验室培育钻石。
@ΣΤΕΡΓΙΟΣΚΟΣΜΙΔΗΣ
Diamonds are worthless and a scam that lasted too long, precious metals are true everlasting wealth.
钻石毫无价值，是一个持续了太久的骗局，珍贵金属才是真正的永恒财富。
@urbankavegirl1123
Is it because of recession or GENOCIDE or bad press or lab grown diamonds being available
这是因为经济衰退、种族灭绝、负面新闻还是因为有实验室培育的钻石可供选择？
@michaela3032
Wow, thanks Kevin for the eye opener. Blood diamond is well known but bet most like myself didn't realize Israel profited and used this fund for GENOCIDE. Boycott nature diamonds funding GENOCIDE.
Israel must thank their Gods for Murica/West complete support as their actions would be absolutely terrorist had it been done by any non White group. Murica sole decision on who's a terrorist is god's gift to them.
哇，谢谢凯文的点醒。血钻是众所周知的，但我敢打赌大多数人和我一样没有意识到以色列从中获利并利用这些资金进行种族灭绝。抵制为种族灭绝提供资金的天然钻石。如果以非白人群体的身份做出这样的行为，美国的支持真是上天的恩赐。
@jasonneugebauer5310
I recommend everyone buy synthetic precious gems because it cost much less to create something then to mine it and also you don't have to worry about supporting reginal conflicts.
我建议大家购买合成珍贵宝石，因为创造一件东西的成本远低于开采，而且你也不必担心支持地区冲突。
@ozakubee
The mystique of diamonds is one of the most successful marketing illusions in history: a De Beers creation that turned an abundant, relatively cheap stone into a symbol of rarity and luxury. A luxury the IDF depended on.
钻石的神秘感是历史上最成功的营销幻觉之一：这是一个德比尔斯的创作，将一种丰富且相对便宜的石头变成稀有和奢华的象征。这种奢华是以色列国防军所依赖的。
@virtuosa69
When I was young, I was enamored by jewelry, especially diamonds. As I matured, I realized it's all a scam, ESPECIALLY the diamond market. And most profoundly, I recognized the appalling inhumanity that envelopes the diamonds and gems industry.
The thought of buying Israeli diamonds is particularly disgusting
年轻时，我被珠宝，尤其是钻石迷住了。随着我的成长，我意识到这都是一个骗局，尤其是钻石市场。而且我深刻地认识到，围绕钻石和宝石行业存在着令人发指的人性丧失。想到购买以色列的钻石特别令人厌恶。
@VincentBelougne
Diamonds business sourcing in Africa is very dirty anyways. That's good if it goes down.
钻石业务在非洲的采购非常肮脏。如果它消亡，那就太好了。
@Jaredbuncher
I didn’t know a small piece of land in the Levant had so many diamond mines.
我不知道在黎凡特地区有这么多钻石矿。
@moafro6524
Closest I seen this fella criticize the GENOCIDE lol. Not enough but its something
我看到这个家伙批评种族灭绝的程度算是很接近了，哈哈。不够，但总算是有所表示。
@selmakaplan1053
I went back and watched earlier reports to see why Botswana wants to buy controlling stakes in De Beers. Seems it will benefit from control of. resources together with other diamond mining countries in Africa, control price and do the cutting themselves. At first it looked like a bold move from Botswana but when I read there no buyers I got curious …Thanks for the report. May be you can do areport on Botswana too.
我回去看了一些早期的报告，想了解博茨瓦纳为什么想要购买德比尔斯的控股权。似乎它希望与其他非洲钻石开采国共同控制资源，控制价格，并自己进行切割。一开始这看起来是博茨瓦纳的一个大胆举措，但当我看到没有买家时，我开始感到好奇……感谢你的报告。也许你可以做一个关于博茨瓦纳的报道。
@Penpalinflorida
I would have never thought the diamond ring I bought my wife went to supply the IDF. No more natural stones for me.
我从没想过我为妻子买的那枚钻石戒指竟然是供以色列国防军使用的。以后我不再买天然石了
@davidhoracek6758
It's so crazy that there is such a huge market in mined diamonds in a world where manufacturing diamonds is possible, cheaper, and far more ethical.
在一个可以制造钻石、成本更低且更加道德的世界里，居然还有如此巨大的开采钻石市场，真是让人震惊。
@tumbleddry2887
The only kind of diamond with any real intrinsic value are industrial diamonds, IMO....all else are expensive bobbles for people to waste their money....have always thought so and now that I'm in my 60's, I'm sure of it
在我看来，唯一具有真正内在价值的钻石是工业钻石……其他的都是人们浪费钱买的昂贵小玩意儿……我一直这么认为，现在我已经60多岁了，更加确信这一点。
@jefreyjefrey6349
They ran blood diamond propaganda in the West to get rid of competition and make money on certificates.
他们在西方传播血钻的宣传，以消除竞争并通过证书赚钱。
@Thurgenev
Next step is to put and end on British world diamond monopoly.
下一步是结束英国对世界钻石的垄断
@billyesomann
kavin, Israel is a small country, an Imperial and Colonial project in mideast, Zionism entities with right of return for Jews around the world has 10 millions inhabitants, surprisingly has all high tech firms invested there, why
凯文，以色列是一个小国，是中东的一个帝国和殖民项目，犹太复国主义实体为全球的犹太人提供回归权，居住人口有1000万，令人惊讶的是，所有高科技公司都在那儿投资，为什么？
@nestorramos7002
Buying diamonds is supporting Palestine GENOCIDE. Don't do it, Palestine deserve to live... they're suffering an holocaust don't forget that!!!!
购买钻石就是支持对巴勒斯坦的种族灭绝。不要这样做，巴勒斯坦人值得活下去……他们正在经历一场大屠杀，别忘了这一点！
@DarkSunBlackStar
Why do women like any diamond anyway? It's just a clear piece of stone that will cause most men a few months of their saving, that the couple could use for better purposes.
I'm glad to see this industry dead. Had I known most diamonds are profited by Israel in those days, I would never have bought any.
为什么女性喜欢钻石呢？这只是一块透明的石头，会让大多数男人花费几个月的积蓄，而这对情侣可以用这些钱做更好的事情。我很高兴看到这个行业衰落。如果我早知道大多数钻石的利润都来自以色列，我就绝不会买任何一颗。
@Tabula_Rasa1
The movie Blood Diamond did a heavy toll on the diamond industry. With dwindling wages and disposable income, diamonds are becoming less affordable. Now that China produces indistinguishable and the same strength as the real diamond, there is absolutely no reason to buy the more expensive and real one. Diamonds are not forever, with 50% of marriages ending in divorce.
电影《血钻》对钻石行业造成了沉重打击。随着工资和可支配收入的减少，钻石变得越来越难以负担。现在中国生产的钻石与真正的钻石没有区别，并且强度相同，根本没有理由再购买更昂贵的真正钻石。钻石并非永恒，50%的婚姻以离婚告终。
@Skkaunda
African countries are destabilized so that Israel, UAE , France & the West could get cheap conflict resources. If Africa found peace, profit margins would shrink.
非洲国家被动荡不安，以便以色列、阿联酋、法国和西方能够获取廉价的冲突资源。如果非洲找到了和平，利润空间将会缩小。
@WalkOverHotCoal
As soon as Kevin mentioned diamond, and then Israel, I automatically thought of "blood diamond". Yes, in Africa, wars and devious deals are being hatched to get hold of diamond, hence the phrase "blood diamond". And who would want to give a diamond to someone who is precious to him that has Israel written all over it ? Surely 60,000 deaths is too much a weight on bear on a finger ?
Have a safe and Merry Christmas, Kevin. Thank you for your efforts to consistently producing interesting and relevant videos.
当凯文提到钻石，然后提到以色列时，我立刻想到了‘血钻’。是的，在非洲，战争和阴险的交易正在酝酿，以获取钻石，因此才有了‘血钻’这个词。谁会想把带有以色列标签的钻石送给自己心爱的人呢？60,000个死亡的重量难道不足以让人感到沉重吗？祝你平安快乐的圣诞节，凯文。感谢你持续制作有趣和相关的视频。
@markbrooke4100
The other problem for real diamonds is that you can not tell the difference between real and man made diamonds.
真正的钻石还有另一个问题就是你无法分辨出真假钻石。
@jimpad5608
When I used to make jewelry, I refused to include diamonds because there are so many other, much more colorful stones that add to the artistic expression.
我以前做珠宝时，拒绝使用钻石，因为有很多其他更丰富多彩的宝石可以增加艺术表现。
@davidmingko
The whole diamond industry has been kinda shady and built on hubris. Hope to see lab-grown diamonds take over completely.
整个钻石行业一直有点阴暗，建立在自负之上。希望看到实验室培养的钻石能够完全取代它。
Israel has no diamonds mines. Israel has been exploiting African diamonds resources some that are extracted in conflict zones within Africa. It is time African countries stopped this.
以色列没有钻石矿。以色列一直在剥削非洲的钻石资源，其中一些是在非洲的冲突地区开采的。是时候让非洲国家停止这一行为了。
@blairseaman461
China realized long ago the diamonds real value is as an industrial abrasive. Other than that, diamonds are worthless baubles.
中国早就意识到，钻石的真正价值在于作为工业磨料。除此之外，钻石只不过是无价值的装饰品。
@marksellers665
The irony of a diamond encrusted concrete saw working in the background.
一个镶嵌着钻石的混凝土锯在背景中工作的讽刺。
@LukaPaja
We can only hope. But the world needs to make sure they never have a chance to escape
我们只能希望。但世界需要确保他们永远没有机会逃脱。
@arronhopsburg8532
We stopped buying diamonds two years ago. Local goldsmiths tell us the lab-grown diamond demand account for 90% of their sales. Natural diamond demand and prices have fallen through the floor.This has to be an issue in many other places besides Alberta Canada.
我们两年前就停止购买钻石了。当地的金匠告诉我们，实验室培育的钻石需求占他们销售的90%。天然钻石的需求和价格已经跌至谷底。这在加拿大以外的许多地方也必然存在这个问题。
@KennethITGuru
Remember when the US put all these sanctions on countries and made it a felony offense for buying "blood diamonds" from African nations? But they never put any of those restrictions or punished Israel citizens for breaking those laws. Let their diamond industry go into the ground.
还记得美国对这些国家实施制裁，并将从非洲国家购买‘血钻’定为重罪吗？但他们从未对以色列公民违反这些法律施加任何限制或惩罚。让他们的钻石产业崩溃吧。
@Intel-i7-9700k
Great reminder to check the supply chain of expensive products you purchase. Because before you know it, you are contributing to the state finance of a country that deserves to be boycotted.
这是一个很好的提醒，要检查你购买的昂贵产品的供应链。因为在你意识到之前，你可能正在为一个值得被抵制的国家的财政做贡献。
@Gerry-t1w
Laboratory-grown diamonds are not conflict diamonds. They are high-tech diamonds with higher purity, and after cutting and polishing, they are even more brilliant and dazzling. They truly make diamonds accessible to everyone, making them no longer out of reach. Furthermore, laboratory-grown diamonds are also more suitable for industrial applications.
实验室培育的钻石不是冲突钻石。它们是高科技钻石，纯度更高，经过切割和抛光后，更加璀璨夺目。它们真正让每个人都能接触到钻石，使其不再遥不可及。此外，实验室培育的钻石也更适合工业应用。
@mefobills279
Usury needs to be fought on all fronts. Trafficking in diamonds was an arm of the Hydra. The usual characters, Oppenheimer-steins, started up DeBeers as a usury scheme. Diamonds were available in surface caches. Ernest Oppenheimer muscled in and controlled the mines and markets to take maximum profits as rents for his kind. Unfortunately, even the Chinese have not fully evolved to release debts that are sordid gain taking. Debt/Sin/Usury all exist in the same locus of a Venn diagram.
高利贷需要在各个方面进行斗争。钻石贩卖是海德拉的一部分。那些熟悉的角色，如奥本海默家族，创建了戴比尔斯作为一种高利贷计划。钻石可以在表层储藏中找到。欧内斯特·奥本海默强行控制了矿山和市场，以最大化利润作为他的租金。不幸的是，即使是中国人也尚未完全发展到摆脱那些卑鄙利益的债务。债务/罪恶/高利贷都存在于同一个维恩图的交集之中。
@SeanLumly
Once again, China (by way of its lab-grown diamond industry) is prived a force for world peace.
I will be glad when China retakes its rile as world power.
再一次，中国（通过其实验室培育的钻石产业）被证明是世界和平的力量。我会很高兴看到中国重新取得其作为世界强国的地位。
@glenngilbert7389
Any news of Israel's tanking economy is good news...in fact any bad news for Israel is good news for the rest of us
关于以色列经济崩溃的任何消息都是好消息……事实上，对以色列的任何坏消息对我们其他人来说都是好消息。
@ZweiZwolf
If China is banning export of superhard materials, then Isr diamonds should be just fine as prices rise. But if it collapses, that would be fine.
如果中国禁止出口超硬材料，那么以色列的钻石应该没问题，价格会上涨。但如果崩溃，那也没关系。
@peakserv
Don't buy natural diamonds, because they fund wars, misery and GENOCIDEs.
Buy artificial diamonds instead, they are cheaper and offer better value for money.
不要购买天然钻石，因为它们资助战争、痛苦和种族灭绝。购买人工钻石，它们更便宜，性价比更高
@hammylauw9574
China makes synthetic diamond,for industrial purposes, no atomic structural difference to the natural diamond. A fact. Diamonds are forever, not.
中国制造合成钻石，用于工业目的，与天然钻石在原子结构上没有区别。这是一个事实。钻石是永恒的，不是。
@douginorlando6260
Diamond substrates can make sensors and high power microwave transistors significantly better. Also electro-optical sensors protected by thin diamond windows (such as on air to air missiles) provide a significant improvement
钻石基底可以显著提高传感器和高功率微波晶体管的性能。此外，薄钻石窗口保护的电光传感器（如空对空导弹上的传感器）也提供了显著的改进。
@khalidrashad-xu8xe
Africans should be processing their raw materials into finished products . Diamond cutting and polishing is not rocket science and does not need enormous investments while the returns are phenomenal.
非洲人应该把他们的原材料加工成成品。切割和抛光钻石并不复杂，不需要巨额投资，而回报却是惊人的。
@thedeadbaby
diamonds aren't even all that rare. it's just compressed carbon and now they are manufactured with much less defects than natural diamonds.
钻石并不稀有。它只是一种压缩的碳，现在制造的钻石缺陷远少于天然钻石。
@mcwornex2123
I still don't understand why people would buy mined diamonds... it's atomically identical to synthetic diamonds, more expensive and less moral.
I'm still so shocked people can't see the diamond industry as the marketing machine it is
我仍然不明白为什么人们会购买开采的钻石……它与合成钻石在原子上是完全相同的，更贵且不道德。我仍然对人们看不到钻石产业作为一个营销机器感到震惊。
@scottpope6210
All that grinding and cutting noises,l have been part of it since the 70's, but not been a part of the profit, just the brunt of the force that makes it possible. We should have known a little more.....
所有那些研磨和切割的声音，自70年代以来就一直存在，但我们并没有从中获利，只是成为了实现这一切的力量的承受者。我们应该多了解一点……
@diegogmx2000
i actually wonder what would u buy a diamond for, for jewelry or as portable money, ok, not particularly interested in that, but idk if there are normal applications that an artificial diamond wouldnt be able to substitute
我其实想知道你买钻石是为了什么，是为了首饰还是作为流动资金？好吧，我对此并不是特别感兴趣，但我不知道是否有正常的应用场景是人工钻石无法替代的
@jupplut6159
I wonder how many carats of diamond the Chinese use to bore trough the Himalaya mountain to built the Nepal - China railway.
我想知道中国人在掘进喜马拉雅山以建造尼泊尔-中国铁路时用了多少克拉的钻石。”
@NT4XT
If he did otherwise, and insisted on an actual diamond, the best move is breaking up, because procreation with such mind set is unacceptable.
如果他做出其他选择，坚持要真正的钻石，最好的办法就是分手，因为有这样的心态进行繁殖是不可接受的。
@Moretistic
Apart from the moral question, which is admittedly huge, diamonds can only lose their value as they can now be grown to a size and quality which is perfectly suitable for jewelry for a fraction of the cost. Diamonds are a very bad investment. If I had diamonds as an investment now I would be trying to get rid of them like they were kryptonite.
除了道德问题（这一点无疑是巨大的）之外，钻石的价值只会下降，因为现在可以以极低的成本培养出适合珠宝的大小和质量的钻石。钻石是非常糟糕的投资。如果我现在拥有钻石作为投资，我会像对待氪石一样试图摆脱它们。
@ElleDee-s5y
I fell for the scam and bought a $3000 artificial diamond some years ago. Significant savings over the "real thing" but definitely this is a marketing scam.
我曾经被骗了，几年前买了一个3000美元的人工钻石。相比于‘真实的’钻石节省了不少，但这绝对是一个营销骗局。
@lorenzokaty
If China stops exporting diamonds prices will grow back.
Second most important point: is China an India production market dealing only with raw diamonds or do they take care of cutting and finishing too? Because this will make the difference in the long term
如果中国停止出口钻石，价格会再次上涨。第二个重要点是：中国是仅仅处理原材料的市场，还是也负责切割和抛光？因为这在长远发展中会产生差异。
@josiahluse9452
This has been coming for 20 years or more. Diamonds are extremely abundant and now we make them in a lab. This is what happens you corner yourself in a rent seeking industry where people are robbed of a fair price.
这一切已经持续了20年或更长时间。钻石极其丰富，现在我们可以在实验室里制造它们。这就是当你把自己困在一个寻租产业时，人们被剥夺了公平价格所发生的事情。
@phils4634
Chinese laboratory grown diamonds are technically far superior to the natural product, with consistent refractive index, which is rather important in optical computing (where China is an undisputed World leader); the jewellery industry is, for them, very much an incidental income stream, since the production demand is principally industrial (optics, tooling (esp. ultrafine wire dies), and micro-abrasive applications).
中国实验室培育的钻石在技术上远远优于天然产品，具有一致的折射率，这在光学计算中非常重要（而中国在这方面是无可争议的世界领先者）；对于他们来说，珠宝行业只是一种附带的收入来源，因为生产需求主要是工业用途（光学、工具（特别是超细线模具）和微磨料应用）。
@mamdouh-Tawadros
Synthetic stones (in which China dominates) are also cut in Israel. These types are less controversial than natural diamonds. Both synthetic and natural diamonds have the same physical and hardness properties.
合成石（中国在此领域占主导地位）也在以色列被切割。这些类型的石头比天然钻石争议更小。合成钻石和天然钻石在物理和硬度特性上是相同的。
@4-SeasonNature
China's in the process of making everything affordable for the whole world except for agricultural products, energy, and raw materials/ minerals.
中国正在努力让整个世界的所有产品都变得负担得起，除了农业产品、能源以及原材料/矿物。
@iCanarii
It was never a good investment to buy diamond. It was an evil market that women believe if you like them you should buy them diamond.
However, they fo not know if you Buy it today and you want to sell it. No one would buy it.
It would be better to buy precious stones and not diamond and just invest in platinum...
购买钻石从来不是一个好的投资。这是一个邪恶的市场，让女性相信如果你喜欢她们，就应该买钻石。然而，她们不知道，如果你今天买了它，想要转售时，没有人会买。与其买钻石，不如购买其他宝石，投资铂金……
@jasonneugebauer5310
It is sad that only China is stepping into the synthetic diamond market at scale. This alowes them to dominate yet another market across the globe.
Stock market dominated systems don't seem to be able to compete in production of a lot of goods.
很遗憾，只有中国在规模化进入合成钻石市场。这使他们能够在全球范围内主导另一个市场。股票市场主导的体系似乎无法在大量商品的生产中竞争。
@AndrewBreding
Eventually people are gonna find out there hiding the best stones away because they'd due the market. It's been fake scarcity from the beginning. This rather have artisan mines than one with machines and people who can read, who can read can report.
最终，人们会发现他们在隐藏最好的石头，因为这会贬值市场。从一开始就存在虚假的稀缺性。宁愿有工匠型矿山，也不希望有机器和能够阅读的人，能够阅读的人可以报告。
@Algolxxxxxx
The average American is poorer for having his tax dollars sent to Israel and they have the nerve to try to sell us their diamonds?
普通美国人的生活水平因为税款流向以色列而变得更低，他们竟然还有脸试图向我们出售他们的钻石？
@jps4506
The only people needing diamond mines are the super rich, profiting from fools who think an honest wife will love them more if they burn a month's pay on a stone instead of doing something together. Most diamonds so far have been blood and war diamonds, rather cynical for a show of love.
唯一需要钻石矿的人是超级富豪，他们从那些认为诚实的妻子会更爱他们的人身上获利，这些人认为花费一个月的薪水购买一颗钻石比一起做点什么更好。到目前为止，大多数钻石都是血钻和战争钻石，真是对爱的讽刺。
@Felix_Ruber
Nobody sees value in them anymore. People want more unique stones/jewelry made locally. A clear stone is boring, and old-fashioned, and a waste of money.
没有人再觉得它们有价值了。人们想要更独特的石头/当地制作的珠宝。透明的石头太无聊、过时，是浪费钱。
@veresannamaria4584
Israel is one reason not to buy diamonds, other reasons are their bloody origin in Africa and actually diamond is common mineral and it 's hight price is a result of market manipulation.
以色列是一个不购买钻石的理由，其他原因是它们在非洲的血腥来源，实际上钻石是一种常见矿物，而其高价是市场操控的结果
@badboi6332
Hope everyone watched carefully, how they (Israeli "businessmen" ) pressure or bribe others to control markets, and apply this pattern to other businesses, they will finally see how every Israeli or of its heritage does business. They call it competitive. I call it exploitation on the back of others.
希望大家仔细观察，以色列的‘商人’如何施压或贿赂他人以控制市场，并将这种模式应用于其他行业，他们最终会看到每个以色列人或其后裔是如何做生意的。他们称之为竞争，我称之为在他人背上剥削。”
@janbenny1
Buy lab grown diamonds, perfect in every aspect and value for money. Once bored with it just shoved it in drawers for keep. Its so perfect that it replaces real diamonds for the drilling oil industries.
购买实验室培育的钻石，完美无缺，性价比高。一旦厌倦了，就把它放进抽屉里保存。它的完美程度使其可以替代真正的钻石，用于石油钻探工业。
@dasskodly
They get their diamonds from DRC and I recall you Benjamin Reuben Zalman Polun, the mossad guy caught plotting a coup in DRC back in September 2024
他们的钻石来自刚果民主共和国，我记得你是本杰明·鲁本·扎尔曼·波伦，那个在2024年9月被抓到策划在刚果进行政变的摩萨德家伙
@jeremiahgelles
When I bought a diamond ring from my wife, I specifically asked that the DIAMOND's not come from Israel. So my jeweler gave us diamonds that were polished in India.
当我为我的妻子购买一枚钻石戒指时，我特别要求这颗钻石不是来自以色列。所以我的珠宝商给我们提供了在印度切割的钻石
@marilynjackson5752
I thought the diamond industry was failing because of the excellent lab grown diamonds available at a lesser price.
我以为钻石行业正在衰退，因为有价格更低的优质实验室培育钻石。
@ΣΤΕΡΓΙΟΣΚΟΣΜΙΔΗΣ
Diamonds are worthless and a scam that lasted too long, precious metals are true everlasting wealth.
钻石毫无价值，是一个持续了太久的骗局，珍贵金属才是真正的永恒财富。
@urbankavegirl1123
Is it because of recession or GENOCIDE or bad press or lab grown diamonds being available
这是因为经济衰退、种族灭绝、负面新闻还是因为有实验室培育的钻石可供选择？
@michaela3032
Wow, thanks Kevin for the eye opener. Blood diamond is well known but bet most like myself didn't realize Israel profited and used this fund for GENOCIDE. Boycott nature diamonds funding GENOCIDE.
Israel must thank their Gods for Murica/West complete support as their actions would be absolutely terrorist had it been done by any non White group. Murica sole decision on who's a terrorist is god's gift to them.
哇，谢谢凯文的点醒。血钻是众所周知的，但我敢打赌大多数人和我一样没有意识到以色列从中获利并利用这些资金进行种族灭绝。抵制为种族灭绝提供资金的天然钻石。如果以非白人群体的身份做出这样的行为，美国的支持真是上天的恩赐。
@jasonneugebauer5310
I recommend everyone buy synthetic precious gems because it cost much less to create something then to mine it and also you don't have to worry about supporting reginal conflicts.
我建议大家购买合成珍贵宝石，因为创造一件东西的成本远低于开采，而且你也不必担心支持地区冲突。
@ozakubee
The mystique of diamonds is one of the most successful marketing illusions in history: a De Beers creation that turned an abundant, relatively cheap stone into a symbol of rarity and luxury. A luxury the IDF depended on.
钻石的神秘感是历史上最成功的营销幻觉之一：这是一个德比尔斯的创作，将一种丰富且相对便宜的石头变成稀有和奢华的象征。这种奢华是以色列国防军所依赖的。
@virtuosa69
When I was young, I was enamored by jewelry, especially diamonds. As I matured, I realized it's all a scam, ESPECIALLY the diamond market. And most profoundly, I recognized the appalling inhumanity that envelopes the diamonds and gems industry.
The thought of buying Israeli diamonds is particularly disgusting
年轻时，我被珠宝，尤其是钻石迷住了。随着我的成长，我意识到这都是一个骗局，尤其是钻石市场。而且我深刻地认识到，围绕钻石和宝石行业存在着令人发指的人性丧失。想到购买以色列的钻石特别令人厌恶。
@VincentBelougne
Diamonds business sourcing in Africa is very dirty anyways. That's good if it goes down.
钻石业务在非洲的采购非常肮脏。如果它消亡，那就太好了。
@Jaredbuncher
I didn’t know a small piece of land in the Levant had so many diamond mines.
我不知道在黎凡特地区有这么多钻石矿。
@moafro6524
Closest I seen this fella criticize the GENOCIDE lol. Not enough but its something
我看到这个家伙批评种族灭绝的程度算是很接近了，哈哈。不够，但总算是有所表示。
@selmakaplan1053
I went back and watched earlier reports to see why Botswana wants to buy controlling stakes in De Beers. Seems it will benefit from control of. resources together with other diamond mining countries in Africa, control price and do the cutting themselves. At first it looked like a bold move from Botswana but when I read there no buyers I got curious …Thanks for the report. May be you can do areport on Botswana too.
我回去看了一些早期的报告，想了解博茨瓦纳为什么想要购买德比尔斯的控股权。似乎它希望与其他非洲钻石开采国共同控制资源，控制价格，并自己进行切割。一开始这看起来是博茨瓦纳的一个大胆举措，但当我看到没有买家时，我开始感到好奇……感谢你的报告。也许你可以做一个关于博茨瓦纳的报道。
@Penpalinflorida
I would have never thought the diamond ring I bought my wife went to supply the IDF. No more natural stones for me.
我从没想过我为妻子买的那枚钻石戒指竟然是供以色列国防军使用的。以后我不再买天然石了
@davidhoracek6758
It's so crazy that there is such a huge market in mined diamonds in a world where manufacturing diamonds is possible, cheaper, and far more ethical.
在一个可以制造钻石、成本更低且更加道德的世界里，居然还有如此巨大的开采钻石市场，真是让人震惊。
@tumbleddry2887
The only kind of diamond with any real intrinsic value are industrial diamonds, IMO....all else are expensive bobbles for people to waste their money....have always thought so and now that I'm in my 60's, I'm sure of it
在我看来，唯一具有真正内在价值的钻石是工业钻石……其他的都是人们浪费钱买的昂贵小玩意儿……我一直这么认为，现在我已经60多岁了，更加确信这一点。
@jefreyjefrey6349
They ran blood diamond propaganda in the West to get rid of competition and make money on certificates.
他们在西方传播血钻的宣传，以消除竞争并通过证书赚钱。
@Thurgenev
Next step is to put and end on British world diamond monopoly.
下一步是结束英国对世界钻石的垄断
@billyesomann
kavin, Israel is a small country, an Imperial and Colonial project in mideast, Zionism entities with right of return for Jews around the world has 10 millions inhabitants, surprisingly has all high tech firms invested there, why
凯文，以色列是一个小国，是中东的一个帝国和殖民项目，犹太复国主义实体为全球的犹太人提供回归权，居住人口有1000万，令人惊讶的是，所有高科技公司都在那儿投资，为什么？
@nestorramos7002
Buying diamonds is supporting Palestine GENOCIDE. Don't do it, Palestine deserve to live... they're suffering an holocaust don't forget that!!!!
购买钻石就是支持对巴勒斯坦的种族灭绝。不要这样做，巴勒斯坦人值得活下去……他们正在经历一场大屠杀，别忘了这一点！
@DarkSunBlackStar
Why do women like any diamond anyway? It's just a clear piece of stone that will cause most men a few months of their saving, that the couple could use for better purposes.
I'm glad to see this industry dead. Had I known most diamonds are profited by Israel in those days, I would never have bought any.
为什么女性喜欢钻石呢？这只是一块透明的石头，会让大多数男人花费几个月的积蓄，而这对情侣可以用这些钱做更好的事情。我很高兴看到这个行业衰落。如果我早知道大多数钻石的利润都来自以色列，我就绝不会买任何一颗。
@Tabula_Rasa1
The movie Blood Diamond did a heavy toll on the diamond industry. With dwindling wages and disposable income, diamonds are becoming less affordable. Now that China produces indistinguishable and the same strength as the real diamond, there is absolutely no reason to buy the more expensive and real one. Diamonds are not forever, with 50% of marriages ending in divorce.
电影《血钻》对钻石行业造成了沉重打击。随着工资和可支配收入的减少，钻石变得越来越难以负担。现在中国生产的钻石与真正的钻石没有区别，并且强度相同，根本没有理由再购买更昂贵的真正钻石。钻石并非永恒，50%的婚姻以离婚告终。
@Skkaunda
African countries are destabilized so that Israel, UAE , France & the West could get cheap conflict resources. If Africa found peace, profit margins would shrink.
非洲国家被动荡不安，以便以色列、阿联酋、法国和西方能够获取廉价的冲突资源。如果非洲找到了和平，利润空间将会缩小。
@WalkOverHotCoal
As soon as Kevin mentioned diamond, and then Israel, I automatically thought of "blood diamond". Yes, in Africa, wars and devious deals are being hatched to get hold of diamond, hence the phrase "blood diamond". And who would want to give a diamond to someone who is precious to him that has Israel written all over it ? Surely 60,000 deaths is too much a weight on bear on a finger ?
Have a safe and Merry Christmas, Kevin. Thank you for your efforts to consistently producing interesting and relevant videos.
当凯文提到钻石，然后提到以色列时，我立刻想到了‘血钻’。是的，在非洲，战争和阴险的交易正在酝酿，以获取钻石，因此才有了‘血钻’这个词。谁会想把带有以色列标签的钻石送给自己心爱的人呢？60,000个死亡的重量难道不足以让人感到沉重吗？祝你平安快乐的圣诞节，凯文。感谢你持续制作有趣和相关的视频。
@markbrooke4100
The other problem for real diamonds is that you can not tell the difference between real and man made diamonds.
真正的钻石还有另一个问题就是你无法分辨出真假钻石。
@jimpad5608
When I used to make jewelry, I refused to include diamonds because there are so many other, much more colorful stones that add to the artistic expression.
我以前做珠宝时，拒绝使用钻石，因为有很多其他更丰富多彩的宝石可以增加艺术表现。
@davidmingko
The whole diamond industry has been kinda shady and built on hubris. Hope to see lab-grown diamonds take over completely.
整个钻石行业一直有点阴暗，建立在自负之上。希望看到实验室培养的钻石能够完全取代它。
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