Selling crystals: How influencers profit from exploitation in India | DW Documentary

[@hilaryb8807]

I do lapidary work, (cutting and shaping/polishing rocks and minerals). I NEVER buy rock from “dealers”,- I only use local rock, or specimens that have been personally collected by the seller. The gem/crystal trade is an environmental nightmare, fuelled by greed and exploitation of the planet’s most vulnerable people.

[@estycki]

Me too, people can go rockhounding for local garnets here. I either only work with what I have found, or I have rockhounding friends that slab up their finds for us. Honestly finding the treasures in the wild is the most fun part for me. I have friends that work in gem sales, and their business looks very classy but all the stones come from Pakistan.

[@estycki]

@Oso420 you need a diamond saw, you can find videos online of people that have trim saws at home they use to cut them open. You can also google and see if there is a lapidary club in your area with a shared studio, they’ll show you how to use the saw.

[@latazra]

Yes! I support local business that use local rocks and also shop in locations that allow individuals to mine themselves like Arkansas. My father is a hobby crystal and fossil hunter and I think the media forgets that there are a lot of hands on collectors out there.

[@drhyshek]

If the crystals were so wonderful, the workers would be rich and healthy.

[@laurensa.1803]

🤣Like a rational argument works on the ones who consume this stuff.

[@GuruprasadChandrashekar]

Does not work like that example diamonds

[@religion-free]

this actually happens with miners of Tourmaline 💖

[@SinceritySeed]

LOL

[@nothinleader]

It's more every person involved from the buyer at the end, to maybe especially all the people in the middle need to willing to pay more for the worker at the bottom at the chain-the miners and polishers.

[@_robustus_]

One would think the metaphysically inclined could sense the energy of exploitation on the stones…

[@melaniemacgregor4784]

I think we do

[@deborahlee8629]

LOL... i bought a wonderful agate recently. The store had metaphysical benefits listed for each display. While I buy for the natural beauty, they probably sell much more for the "benefits". Sadly, people get exploited all along the supply chain in most industries.

[@UlugNaar]

"If I don't sell, someone else will." Incredibly spineless argument.

[@chiggywiggy524]

Not really

[@ktktktktktktkt]

@@chiggywiggy524 care to elaborate?

[@Ausf]

Regardless of how much spine it has, it is accurate. Where there is demand, supply will follow. That goes all the way from gathering them, cutting them, wholesale, and finally the influencer show. Each step taking their cut. Buying as low as possible, and selling as high as possible.

[@dribrom]

@@chiggywiggy524 It's the same argument drug dealers that sell fentanyl, etc. use too. It's a very childish excuse for not taking responsibility.

[@SvalbardSleeperDistrict]

Spinelessness in justifying how you make a living is a logical outcome when the terms of your material existence are dictated by capitalism.

[@Adrito7]

Making money out of children's abuse. As always the most vulnerable take the pain and suffering so indifferent greedy people can please their egos. Good documentary, thanks.

[@Anton-tl1vf]

well said, ego is as usual the root of suffering

[@BotDetector-44]

Yet you are here on KZbin commenting, filling up Google's server built on rainforests to allow you use this platform.

[@deborahlee8629]

True, but if their parents sell them, can see how the buyers have no concern. Just sad all around.

[@deedeewinfrey3181]

They are just rocks.

[@naromsky]

We're all stardust

[@sergejmahojakotic2940]

Jesus Marie! They are minerals!

[@USA50_]

True, but I think it's popular moreso because of the symbolism it represents. I have never bought anything super expensive because it's just for fun (like astrology or other things).

[@ZaphoodBeeblebrox-hq1kg]

​@@sergejmahojakotic2940 And rocks are not?

[@fhinq2776]

Literally 💀🤣🙃

[@juliajs1752]

How many good vibes could come from metals and crystals mined by starving slaves in illegal mines under life-threatening conditions?

[@dubinatub1]

Or gold diamonds etc

[@asha8443]

They have blood diamonds and now we have blood crystals..🙅🏽

[@Trund27]

Exactly. It’s a scam and it’s evil.

[@djm2189]

I only buy, silver, gold, and lab grown diamonds for my jewelry. Fyi most natural diamonds unless huge are worth half the price or less. Companies made diamonds a thing, in reality only gold and silver are worthwhile and thats why countries use them as safe assets.

[@YumibelleNow]

I used to buy these crystals because I live in an old mining area and its part of the tourist trade benefiting from the New Age phenomenon. And the fake semi-precious stones are also growing. Now I basically just pick up local rocks and pebbles when I travel as my souvenir, sort of like picking up seashells on the beach. I notice they often reflect the colors of the landscape of the places I've visited.

[@V8-friendly]

Sorry, I might be too old (57y.o.) or I might have too much brain damage or maybe too little brain damage, but those "influencers" never ever did anything for me. It just puzzles me how they have an audience and mange to make money of them. But again, that's only me, I guess.

[@lukemckean6155]

Nope, it’s not just you trust me 🙏🏻

[@urban7514]

Impressionable youth has never been more easy to reach. Experience is not handed down from older generations. Tale as old as time.

[@izzydeadyet7336]

I'm 40 so came up as the internet was forming and I think those of us who were around before see through it easier.. kids who had internet access their whole lives have grown up with influencers.. the name alone should imply propaganda

[@urban7514]

Just further answering your humble question about yourself. The fact that you have a video where you brag about letting your V8 engine rev and idle on your yard for hours would not suggest towards ”too little” with the brain damage ”old timer” hope it’s unleaded or maybe that’s too woke.

[@Bellasie1]

Not only you. I feel exactly the same. Same generation, too.

[@adstix]

So many angles to this topic: 1) Child labor 2) Unfair trading practices between the source and the Western clients 3) Profusion of fake stones passed off as authentic 4) The unseen effects of the energy of genuine gemstones (which is beyond the capacity of scientists to grasp). Any one of these perspectives is loaded enough for a full documentary. Thanks to DW for scratching the surface with regards to the child labor perspective!

[@perfectallycromulent]

scientists are fully capable of grasping that there are no "unseen effects" of crystals. it's a bunch of wishful thinking by the willfully ignorant who refuse to learn how chemistry works. grow up and read a book, stop believing in fairy tales about magic rocks.

[@Rosemallow]

I’m curious to hear about the unseen effects of energy from the crystals that are beyond current empirical standards Subjectively I presumed that if these crystals are exploited then wouldn’t it bring the buyers bad energy even if they didn’t or don’t know it was unethically sourced

[@lukemckean6155]

@@Rosemallowperhaps that’s what they’re saying?

[@Rosemallow]

@@lukemckean6155 I know I’m wondering about the specifics of the unseen side affects I’m just curious and I liked what they said I was concurring and trying to follow up please don’t be snarky I’m just trying to learn

[@paillette2010]

Thank you DW for your usual excellent work. It is sad that the socials amplify such nonsense, but no surprise

[@DWDocumentary]

Thank you for watching and we are glad you liked it!

[@etaokha4164]

How come the people who pick them ain't rich or wealthy?

[@2011blueman]

Basic economics.

[@FamilyLeung-cs2sh]

I have a gigantic stone near my kidney, what property does it have? Does it bring luck, love, health or what?

[@raphk9599]

Is it covered In children's tears?. Then no.

[@Abhishek-zq7ur]

@@raphk9599 Its covered in his pee 😅 that must bring something! when it comes out, he should definitely make a ring of it!

[@Martin_Priesthood]

😮😮😂😂😂

[@the.mermaid.scientist]

certain types of urinary crystals polarize under a special microscope filter. Mesmerizing colors and shapes. It's my form of gem hunting as a laboratory scientist =) edited to add: Presence of crystals doesn't always mean you'll develop a stone. Not to be construed as medical advice, see your physician for any health concerns.

[@Martin_Priesthood]

@@the.mermaid.scientist 😂🤣 well said

[@sforza209]

When a woman tells me she believes in crystal energy. I run.

[@vineritres]

Something tells me that you would run from any woman…

[@jonr6680]

The German shop owner featured in the video is a good entrepreneur - but obviously to be successful you have to be comfortable exploiting people. Both suppliers & customers. It's the no1 trait of such traders - A tiny example in the present day of the vast wealth created in previous centuries by European countries from their colonies...

[@magesalmanac6424]

Being a charlatan gains you wealth but where does the self respect come from? 😳

[@pinkspeeder]

❤

[@avalondreaming1433]

Didn't we learn this was junk in the 80's!

[@hgnz]

Thanks to social media, now idiocy propagates like wildfire

[@souravjaiswal-jr4bj]

Common sense and science existed before 80s. This is junk like snakeoil.

[@HM-iy3dc]

I thought the same about star signs but here we are

[@Platypus_Warrior]

Civilizations rise and fall

[@Sakazuki_Bepu]

We did learned this was junk in the 80's But the new generation after 80's just straight up did not learn at all.

[@delimelone]

I really don't get the consumers of these stones. I get it when you maybe have one or two special stones for decoration or "healing" purposes, but the amount that gets bought is just ridiculous. Especially those scopes seems so useless to me, it seems like they care more about the scope being filmed and posted than about the random stones they end up getting.

[@raphk9599]

Most rich folk will spend money on coloured rocks before spending 3 seconds of thought on the poor. Unless there is a photo op or social credit attached.

[@Gooeybrowniebaby]

They’re willing to educate themselves in anything but where they come from and who made them. *scoff Just dead plants and animals, transformed into minerals and crystallised into chunks of shiny rocks. At the cost of living things.

[@Carebearritual]

I got into rockhounding in 2019. I’m really thankful I did, because I have been able to find and dig my own crystals. The only worker mistreatment here is self hatred.

[@ducbuicuong]

behind the wealth is the sweat and tears of children in poor countries. It is not unfair!

[@deadhand8819]

So what? I don't care I'm going to keep on buying them and buying them regardless of where are they came from. They can cry on the crystals and I'm still going to purchase them.😂

[@down-to-earth-mystery-school]

When someone says, “If I don’t sell them, someone else will”, you know she cannot verify that children or other marginalized groups aren’t involved. As long as she gets to work and live in a wonderful shop with an assistant, beautiful clothes, the Internet, while families lives in tents and can barely eat.

[@artawhirler]

Excellent video! Thanks!

[@DWDocumentary]

Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment!

[@estycki]

FYI the saw that they were using wouldn't cut your fingers, it's like a very thin grinding wheel. It would feel like burning a bit if touched for too long. I do this kind of work for fun... and I sometimes wish I could have started learning as a kid... but it's hard to hear that kids are forced to do it for over 12 hours a day with little food :(

[@o_o8203]

Ok Karen, we'll just assume they're lying and that _you_ know more about their lives than they do 🤓

[@Indlovu402]

It's funny how as humans we place value on objects and trinketts and are willing to cause so much pain and suffering to gain them.

[@weylinwebber4180]

Thank you for your work

[@DWDocumentary]

Thank you for watching our documentaries!

[@kevink3688]

The only crystal I trust works as advertised are salt crystals.

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

Another incredible and realistic show documentary was shared by an excellent ( DW) documentary channel. Wherever poverty is domesticated in certain places, bloody crystals(😢) are producing for wealthy people enjoying or believed prospectives around the world ... Wealthy people's well-being is must have spending money by whatever means ...

[@leszekkot3373]

these influencers could care less on who mines/cuts these. their mental thinking isn't right.

[@spencers4121]

It's amazing for centuries humans have sold trinkets and magic elixirs, at least in the past the argument can be made they didn't know better. But here we are in 2024 and people still believe in the very same thing.

[@raphk9599]

We are still the same as our ancestors, 1000s of years ago, the same physical and mental limitations.

[@sharmaineonthestreet]

Fascinating that there's a resurgence in this sort of spirituality in the last decade

[@georgesos]

15:10 the indian "businessman" doesnt answer the question abt fair trade and wages for workers,just goes off talking about how many hands the stones change. He doesnt even care abt workers.

[@DimwittedEinstein]

Thanks DW for highlighting a problem, many didn't even knew exists. Over 90% of Indian economy is informal and unorganized. Its difficult to enforce child labour laws due to their sheer size. To tackle such problem, we need to address flaws in the supply chain especially at the end. Consumer awareness is most effective strategy as it creates a demand for Human Rights compliant products.

[@raphk9599]

Nice sentiment, but it won't fly. Not for long anyway. Consider, Nike sweat shops still exist. I have learnt something in my years on earth, the lives of 1000 strangers mean less than 1 minute of enjoyment for the person at the other end.

[@Bloomingsolo]

Thanks for bringing awareness. I bought a total of $70 worth of crystal in my lifetime. No more buying accessories. Try hard to become a somewhat of a wanna be minimalist.

[@yvettetexas6020]

Same as blood diamond. Wedding rings it's a natural resource.

[@deadhand8819]

SO WHAT🤷‍♂️

[@siddharthb2633]

DW this is a brilliant documentary. Keep up the good work!

[@DWDocumentary]

Thanks for watching and sharing your positive feedback!

[@redMaple_QC]

People are so dumb.

[@asha8443]

Too much exploitation and too little critical thinking.

[@urban7514]

@@asha8443Very succintly put. The exploiters themselves turn my stomach personally. Not their success.

[@djm2189]

I only buy, silver, gold, and lab grown diamonds for my jewelry. Fyi most natural diamonds unless huge are worth half the price or less. Companies made diamonds a thing, in reality only gold and silver are worthwhile and thats why countries use them as safe assets.

[@MH-pe8wj]

Religion is the biggest placebo effect

[@sarahmurphy-nf4yl]

NOT religion. It causes too man wars. Spirituality and belief in your maker. 🙏 🤲

[@Eric-lx8hp]

Bet they're anti vaxxers

[@Zeno362]

​@@sarahmurphy-nf4yl Believe in your mother.

[@kgmail7364]

…as is the ignorance from arrogance.

[@Zeno362]

@@kgmail7364 Not knowing is ignorance, pretending to know is arrogance. Which one are you?

[@dakotac180]

I work in middle America in a local hippie department store with handmade items and crystals been around for 35 years. It's important to source from people in your native countries with their own caves or actually mine themselves or even when you go to crystal shows you have to talk to the actual miners, not through a second or third wholesale party. A lot of this could be cut back and there could be waaaay more resources to allow these people to live safe lives. No kids should be working around this, the disparities are unfair, the grass isn't greener on the other side...

[@Dunkelheit666]

Hey Dw please do documentary on blasphemy in Pakistan

[@urban7514]

I hope the dw documentaries team keeps making these poignant pieces that expand and promote ethical awareness.

[@diegokricekfontanive]

Reports like this make you wonder if most of these so-called ``influencers`` are mostly influencing an increase in narrow-minded, superficial, credulous and uncaring thinking.

[@laurensa.1803]

They are just modern sales persons..

[@diegokricekfontanive]

@@laurensa.1803 Yes. The trouble is that salespeople never had massive followings before social media, as well selling stuff required some basic type of intelligence at least. Today instead influencers stimulate mostly simple-minded people to imitate self-centred or simply deeply dumb role models.

[@melaniemacgregor4784]

Anything the exploits the Earth's treasures is dark.

[@jordanpeters3746]

Crystals can emit subtle noises in response to temperature and humidity changes. Most people are not consciously aware of these noises and "feel" that something "supernatural" is happening. Watering them shuts them up. A friend of mine who had been collecting crystals during his travels asked me to visit him in his new home, which was in a very quiet location ... he was convinced the place was haunted. My hearing is such that I could clearly hear his crystals chattering away to each other. Some crystals are so sensitive that they react when one breaths on them. Some people think of them as "pets".

[@djm2189]

You just described a placebo effect. Congratulations. I believe in science. Go put on your tin hat 💅

[@jordanpeters3746]

@@djm2189 My hearing, when I was a young man, was such that I could hear a variety of noises that most people don't know exist. Babies, for instance, often make soundless yawns ... soundless for all but people like myself ... they are actually emitting very high pitched screams. The fact that their mothers can't consciously hear these noises doesn't mean that they are not reacting to them.

[@djm2189]

@@jordanpeters3746 everything emits sound, frequency, and heat. Aka there is nothing with 0 kelvin. Science. Anything with mass is constantly radiating energy and frequencies due to, mass.... A crystal is the same as a piece of 💩. One gives off more of a pleasant placebo effect. Welcome to science 😘

[@EntertainingEconomistLLC]

I think this whole idea of Crystal influence is based on the theory of Kirlian Photography and Masaru Emoto theory of mental and verbal influence on Water.

[@urban7514]

Ethical awareness does not inhibit your life at all, nothing is ever perfect, but understanding how something is made can help make a few more ”obvious” ethical choices when we consider things that are non-essential. We do not move forward in leaps, but with small steps.

[@lindapindabelinda3570]

Ignorance plus gullibility.

[@rasheedahsilvertree]

Thank you! I stopped collecting crystals years ago...clear quartz is all that I have...if you want to connect to the Earth energy, then go and source them yourself on the ground you stand on...your own country, your own region, your own caves..

[@konarkkarna]

If crystal were doing anything to elevate anyone's health/wealth, labourer who mine tonnes of them must have been ultra-fit happy billionaires by now

[@Abhishek-zq7ur]

India has been the most ancient producer and exporter of precious and semi-precious stones like lapis-lazuli, to hyderabadi pearls, diamonds, saphires etc

[@theg26curtis]

They are pretty to look at otherwise they don’t do anything,there’s no special healing powers

[@maxgamboltv9940]

I am working on making a documentary in Africa, cool content here

[@SpiritusMundi3]

Maybe investigate the very young sangomas

[@maxgamboltv9940]

@@SpiritusMundi3 good idea, I am always motivated by DW

[@BBRocker75]

Many hipsters and othe "local especies" on Byron Bay [Australia] won't like this vídeo.

[@willowmoon92]

Very good doc! I would love to have more info on how we can help curb the child labor. what orgs are helping the children and not just focusing on the story of it? This doc lacks the call to action part that I think could've launched it even further. Quick google search found the Center for Child Rights as an org that focuses on india but i still want to look into that more.

[@Starcatt966]

You missed the point: there’s no one helping the children.

[@JohnS-er7jh]

some of the crystals and other gem stones are expensive for a reason (the cost to find/extract and rarety). As long as people buy it for a decorative art or jewelry, I don't see the problem (some art sculptures and other art pieces cost a lot of money because of the cost of material/artists skill/effort). Its when people are overpaying/above market value for an item because it is being promoted as having some sort of "magical healing" properties, then it is an issue.

[@hilaryb8807]

Your biggest issue is the buyer being “scammed”? WOW. The people digging for these gems and the artisans carving them are being paid slave wages- the costs of extracting and carving the gems is negligible. The workers, many of them children, are risking their health and their lives so gem dealers can make a profit. It’s exploitation of the most vulnerable so Westerners can have their “shiny things”.

[@mr.giggles4995]

You don't care about children and workers being exploited and living in poverty who get pennies for gemstones that are then resold for a small fortune?

[@addanametocontinue]

Literally spending money on rocks. That's the problem with jewelry, it's just rocks.

[@deborahlee8629]

At least some rocks are unique, pretty and durable. Just think of all the money and waste from fashion jewelry that turns colors and falls apart, technology that's hundreds or thousands of dollars then obsolete by design, drugs, cheap clothes made of synthetic materials, etc. 10 years later you have nothing to show for any of it except full landfills.

[@artawhirler]

Crystals are definitely beautiful, but I don't believe they have any magical powers, or do any of the the things that books say they do.

[@avi4796]

DW you are savages, how dare you investigate such fantastic beneficial crystals? Such a shame... 😅 Top quality investigation as usual. 🖖🏼

[@jeffransom2977]

Yhea people who smoke bath salts also believe in crystal energy!!

[@nishanth4146]

Never thought it was happening in India 😢

[@ayodeler39]

Doesnt Tanzania also have gem stones?

[@danusdragonfly6640]

Yes! Tanzanite is usually sold as jewelry.

[@flamefox8989]

It is ironic that, out of the search for positive new age vibes, comes environmental destruction & exploitation of the poorest. Go fossicking out in nature, for your own stones people. It will mean more in the long run.❤

[@Limewire1984]

For me, crystals are just another trend. Once the fad dies and the influencers starve, don't expect me to feel bad. I'll be celebrating. "I recommend." Are you a doctor? What medical background do YOU have. None? Please shut up then.

[@AngelSonevski]

You can sell literal trash with the right marketing, such as this stuff

[@visitwave]

Our All Eyes on Rafah ... will those Bollywood Hollywood celebrities do something about it...

[@DossNZ]

Germans have never run to doctors or hospitals in the first instance. Perhaps this is part of it. I have collected old jewelry for a few years to keep it out of the landfill. Younger generations are still not much interested in wearing them even now.

[@Cliff-z5j]

4:59 water stone from pokemon starter decks lol

[@rotad3rP]

Yhea since cristals are such an important resource i am truly worried. who would have guesses that the sucess of humakind relies so fastly on the extraction of cristals.

[@rotad3rP]

like any good industrie child labour is the backbone of cristal industrie. like so many other succesfull industries, the cristal industire realy shows us that child labour is the way to greatness.

[@rotad3rP]

what other industries come to mind that use child labour. if anyone can figure that one out than yes, you are a winner. child laubor heavy industries are THE best

[@makylemur7019]

More nonsense. Mr. Barnam underestimated the rate of production of suckers.

[@toadpossum6668]

Kryptonite was a crystal.

[@aaronnava2985]

Remember pet rocks

[@michaelklee7290]

Once I've been a part of this chain as a retailer at markets until I came to the conclusion that on nearly each stone, you picked up for yourself because you find pretty and worth to work on by your own creative energies, there's blood, death and wars sticking on it. How still growing stupids can believe that these stones they just buy, could have any positive energies? They do have a fascinating beauty since ever, like the little rathole child did say making them worth to select, but this simply is all. The rest is a bloody business in a chain of many greeds. Tell you the margin of the wholesalers in Germany which is about from 500- 1000 percent for precious up to tumbling stones. The retailers in Germany can earn 300-700%. Okay, discount taxes, losses and other expenses but still it is a bloody good business. I am out

[@timebot000]

Go Find your Own stones or better yet, walk barefoot on the earth where they are!

[@StoryTimeWith_Fida]

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[@shubhankartripathi1143]

The believe in anything is great but let see what is it.

[@ObamAmerican48]

It's all bull 💩 But people like magical thinking, so...

[@zendude123]

It’s just a bunch of rocks 🤣

[@novakchong3980]

if some rich says it has a price then it has...just like a painting as long as the owner is dead the higher its price tag 😅

[@nensi1972]

oh, wow, finally, someone is talking about it,...but ,also ,be aware, if they "can heal", they can transfer negative energy too, ... something naive people,looking for help,just forget., ...and that kind of "negative energy",can not be cleansed by , salt water, smoke, sun exposure, or other white pure cristal...etc.,etc.,.... please ,dear people, take care, 🙏🏻🌹❤️...

[@oThDeth]

Wooot?

[@olgadeweger3805]

I can feel the energy of many stones, specially when they are very big, never felt a negative energy though. If they can heal? I really do not know, some of them might, but not very much. The New Agers have a little cult behavior with these stones, everybody that meditates seems to have a display of stones and a couple of budha statues displaying their New Age-ness. I did not know about the child-labor, I used to make macrame with stones, and yeah I find them beautiful, never needed a big amount, that makes me feel a little better. If i had known I would not have bought them and looked where they came from, or make macrame with shells or beach-pebbles. Feel really shit about it now. Thanks on enlightening us on the subject.

[@TheStockwell]

No offense intended, but I hope you know you're spewing ridiculous, embarrassing, phony baloney drivel. Best wishes from Vermont 🍁

[@mmp0084]

Its all Placebo effect 😅

[@SemiPro_Nub]

People need something to believe in, Europe was mostly Christian in the past, now since the younger generation have started moving away from such concepts, they need other alternatives to fill that void. These Rocks are the answer. 😂 Does God exist, does he listen and answer your prayers, do these rocks have special powers? You never know. Just believe in it, might as well Work out, or not. Placebo.

[@BenedictJamesWee]

It's things like this that's ruining the Final Fantasy games

[@nickeandersson3435]

If you belive crystals and stones have health benefits, then I'm sorry but you deserve to get ripped off... feel bad for the workers though

[@DelfinoGarza77]

The hype us all true, and the people who produce crystals are very rich and work very little, its a great scam i mean business.

[@paillette2010]

No, there is no truth behind the hype.

[@dubinatub1]

Never junk..many century's old.i trust in them more that a doctor's prescription

[@aldomeow]

Is this an issue for women? I’ve never heard of it

[@juliajs1752]

Sadly, belief in "healing crystals" and "crystal auras" etc. is an esoteric niche usually targeted at women, who then start putting shiny rocks into their children's water bottles to "energize" them. It's the same group that believes in homeopathy.

[@terranowa2080]

Unconditional right to stop our own life whenever we want medically. My body my choice. Freedom peace

[@Bethoflife]

The power is not in the crystals- it's in your own mind.

[@ericswain4177]

It is all just a racket and plausible deniability and no responsibility.

[@Martin_Priesthood]

As long as the west is benefiting child labor is not an issue.. Some of these " influencers" are just 🤡. Zis energy 😢🥴

[@ibuprofenPill]

There’s a sucker born every minute.

[@jewel7322]

The crystals are beautiful; I believe more people buy them for the beauty not as much as what they believe they will do for them.

[@bernob9770]

How do we help these kids?!

[@Starcatt966]

Don’t buy crystals. Tell other people why they shouldn’t buy crystals.

[@jasonmuller1199]

Lunatics

[@natrajanr5913]

Clearing out all my Alts going into BTC and Revux only, maybe a little BNB and SOL

[@davidlmartin2080]

u blame kids cartoons and fantasy movies

If they're really anything more than a placebo, cheap prize and fairtrade paid workers. And see if your crystal god does any good. Or it's an industry of exploitation and of ego trip, another intoxication and getting ripped by tricksters. May the real God save us from our sins.

[@God_gave_His_Son_for_you]

junk collectors selling to other junk collectors