The History of the Diamond Cartel

[@Ridziverse]

You are SO UNDERRATED!!!❤❤❤ love these videos

[@AhmedZaidi]

Thank you so much!!

[@truthseeker8894]

Agreed! He should have a million subscribers!

[@truthseeker8894]

@@AhmedZaidiThanks for your fact based videos. According to other sources there should be truckloads of diamonds that these people keep hidden only to fake scarcity which keeps the price on diamonds astronomically higher than it would be if the lies were revealed. Have you come across that information? The video actually stopped when the “fun” part started. Maybe a part 2 soon? 😊

[@AhmedZaidi]

@@truthseeker8894 absolutely right! I think I’ll need to do a video on Oppenheimer and his diamond shenanigans soon!

[@corolla2rollerfk681]

Great video, really succinct and to the point. Figures like Rhodes over time have garnered a veneer of respectability. It’s important to show them for what they truly represented.

[@Krampus64]

wow bro this is a great video, you definitely deserve more views. The video was informative, interesting and concise. Your editing style is keeps me interested and helps get your point across. definitely subscribing. 🙏

[@AhmedZaidi]

Wow! Thank you so much 🙏🏽

[@Corleone1891]

Your narration is great. The topics you choose are enthralling. And best of all, you don't waste time. The videos are always the perfect amount of time for the chosen subject. Kudos.

[@musketierimmer]

Thank you. I recommend you reading Carroll Quigley's books on 'Tragedy and hope' and 'The Anglo-American establishment' on how Cecil Rhodes, Alfred Milner and others started the first world war. Rhodeslastwill is also very enlightening. It is very sad to see how much childhood influences in the becoming of bad human beings.

[@Stormer-Europa]

I suggest read Stephan Mitford Goodson's book on The Boer War and The History of Central Banking. They lie, cheat, steal, murder and project onto their victims. Truly "of their father the devil."

[@G_v._Losinj2_ImportantPlaylist]

Bingo

[@G_v._Losinj2_ImportantPlaylist]

Jms Corbett did a great WWl/Doc.

[@natasadjordjevic5821]

There is from a while ago, good article on Internet titled "Have You Ever Tried To Sell A Diamond".

[@MrJakobfannar]

Great video! I look forward to watching more videos in the future

[@tedrenard472]

Great. Really looking forward to your factual history of modern day Mauritania. You could even get some live interviews and footage. A followup on the Sudan and north Mozambique would be a delight too.

[@truthseeker8894]

Excellent video, sir! Please share and help spreading this information everywhere!

[@AhmedZaidi]

Much appreciated!

[@CynRacing]

Subbed, Quality content. All the best for the future.

[@ronnydev254]

Top notch. I really like this. 🇰🇪

[@Awake12345]

Just found you, brilliant thank you.s

[@richardkhalife]

Great video! Impressed...

[@katwitanruna]

Liked. Shared. Commented.

[@thembanitheone]

Lobengula didn't rule over MaShonalands the shona people did. The fact that Lobengula signed the Rudd Concession without understanding what was at stake is a deep nasty root of Shona & Ndebele tensions even today.

[@zimasha5403]

Thank you for the truth!

[@maiaallman4635]

In some of the African tribes, back then, the concept of owning land didn't exist. Many groups were nomadic.

[@kathybost1879]

ah history, same story, different people, times and locations.

[@DanielAlbrechtsen]

nice video

[@21phive]

Another really interesting video

[@AhmedZaidi]

Thanks 🙏🏽

[@Bobo-gb9wz]

YOU'RE AHEAD TO SUCCES AND MILLIONS SUB YOUR WAY OF RELYING THE INFO AND THE REASEARCH EFFORT YOU PUT FOR A SHORT VID IS JUST WOW.)))

[@annknox3798]

I think statue removing is removing history, someone said instead of removing statues put them in museums with history of the person. I think that is not a good idea because of the expense however maybe a museum could publish on the internet the history of all the disputed statues so we could quickly refer to this as we view the statue. Or is this just a stupid idea? We could just google the name,but would we get the authentic Story?

[@Stormer-Europa]

Half baked history.

[@abubakarmohammed1924]

And this is how the western civilization was built!

[@sweetaznspice1]

So Queen Victoria wasn't so great after all.

[@trizarabia]

Non of those British devils have any greatness what so ever!

[@Dubsizzla]

No figures from the past were great at all.

[@Stormer-Europa]

The monarchy has never been THE CROWN.

[@G_v._Losinj2_ImportantPlaylist]

Rounds Rhode Table, Lord Milner, The BoE

[@G_v._Losinj2_ImportantPlaylist]

She held stock in the RthscId-controIIed BoE-so she’s not going against the system her ancestors joined themselves to.

[@blacksheepk3227]

Great mean leave alot of haters in their wake

[@Rufflezhaveridge]

Was the Muslim conquest of africa not colonization? Was the persian? Was the egyptian? While I appreciate the history. Its obvious where your politics lay. Your political views are of no issue with me. However, your content is biased just on the basis of letting emotion in. Tell me what other foreighn nation campains to africa in the last 1,000 yr were not about colonization in some form? Rhodes does not seem like a good guy but seems to fit the mold of others b4 him unlike your implications of him being more brutal because hes British? or white? If its the other way around video gets taken down or demonatized or both Your channel should be called ad hominin attacks with a dash history

[@SpecialAgent666]

Diamonds 💎 like other materials out of The Earth carry intrinsic value. What The White Man did with it and the rest of our resources cheapened its value.

[@AhmedZaidi]

Its value is relative to available supply. However, the deliberate monopolisation of the supply to artificially increase its value is the debate.

[@SpecialAgent666]

@@AhmedZaidi Right ✅ but I was more referring to the spiritual and scientific use of diamonds.

[@geminizaiby]

There are so many diamonds on Earth that they have no value, literally. Control of its supply - by the likes of de Beers etc, increases that perceived value. Successful (aka sneaky) marketing is the second element in the ongoing lie about the value of diamonds - current value is "2-months salary" for an engagement ring.

[@SpecialAgent666]

​@@geminizaiby Diamond heads are used for precision carving, drilling, etc. It is a hard stone and I'm sure it has other properties than holding & reflecting light. Because of its endurance & rarity, it symbolizes why it used to represent long marital relationships. There might also be other spiritual meaning. Now back to the mundane, diamond companies as entities of commerce know what immaterial value we place on it why they can manufacture a C0$T 💰💷💍

[@johanvanniekerk5053]

@@AhmedZaidi The "De Beers monopolizes supply" line was true, until a few decades ago. They haven't controlled the bulk of global supply for a while now, and whatever grip they have is slipping. The two largest suppliers now are Russia (by volume) and Botswana (by value). Admittedly, Botswana still has agreements in place with De Beers, although a recent amendment increased the share the Botswana government keeps. More diamonds to the people, less to De Beers. There's also not an unlimited supply of mined (natural) diamonds - mines don't last forever. The Kimberley pipe in no longer economically accessible, for instance. Another good example is the Argyle mine in Canada, operated by Rio Tinto mine and famous for producing pink diamonds, that closed in 2020. And of all the diamonds recovered through mining, only a small fraction is gem-quality. So, the Earth's crust is full of diamonds (reportedly), but can we humans get to them? The answer is mostly no. Side note: lab-grown, as it relates to diamonds, is a misnomer. Yes, the process was perfected in a laboratory, but any photo of the interior a facility producing such diamonds will show something more akin to a factory. Which also explains why their wholesale prices have continually dropped - easy supply. PS: Did you know diamonds can be used as lenses for synchrotron sources used in physics experiments?

[@JohnDoe-mk6dw]

9:.26 🤯

[@MG-wm9kq]

It’s sad af but that’s what the world was back then more than today…. Eat or be eaten , the uneducated was the weak and vulnerable and they paid the price for it

[@OddWoz]

Rhodes scholars… tainted.

[@G_v._Losinj2_ImportantPlaylist]

That’s how they pick their puppets

[@tariksmall9790]

Yup

[@jeroenvancoppenolle9046]

Suggestion for your future posts: lower the background music by 7 to 12%, it will improve the experience for visitors who are inclined to listen rather than watch your contributions 👍🏼

[@AxelPRC]

They shouldn't remove the statue they should just educate us on what he did as you have done in this video

[@thedaviddaudu]

People can be educated about this without the statue

[@AxelPRC]

@thedaviddaudu you'd be surprised. You're essentially white washing history. The statue is a symbol at the end of the day, history is nuanced and context needs to be applied when telling the story of individuals such as this.

[@1Matik_]

Statue should be removed and put in a museum. People can be educated there

[@Stormer-Europa]

@@1Matik_ Museums are are to flaunt acquired loot. Not to educate. "The British Museum" is a perfect example. As British as The Federal Reserve is "Federal". Read The Class Origins of Z-----Ideology Stephen Halbrook and The History Of Central Banking by Stephan Mitford Goodson.

[@CynRacing]

With that logic a statue of Hitler should be fine

[@gssthh]

This channel is very informative, but it seems to have an anti-anglo undertome. The anglo-descendents were late to everything, but exceeded within themselves. There were many, many empires before, and many, many people traders...the problem being, is that the world only wamts to remember one race.

[@PhilMcCrackin-f3n]

Rhodes was simply the front man for his business partner, the Rchild family. ... whom he bequeathed his fortune too on his death. As did Pierpont Morgan by the way. On another point, Bruh, words like ''enslaved'' are not unique to the British language or empire by the way. Mughals didnt enslave Hindus back in the day?? No need to make it sound more dramatic than it really is...thats how the whole world rolled back then, including among non white populations. Turks, Barbary Corsairs bought and sold Europeans as slaves... we dont whine and complain about it in front of the Turkish or Tunisian embassy now do we?? Black Africans owned slaves in the US South... documented fact... Who went out and caught African slaves for the European slavers, other Africans did it. You need to stop with this modern trend of portraying Europeans as somehow more evil and unique than everybody else.. and retrospectively applying modern values to events that occurred hundreds of years ago. Just Stick to the facts my man.

[@rickjames08]

Everything alright? You sound like you’re carrying a lot of guilt over there.

[@PhilMcCrackin-f3n]

@@rickjames08 Why would I be carrying guilt? I grew up with indigenous people and have seen first hand how they treat each other ; ]

[@MegaDavyk]

Rhodes was gay

[@LaoWatsonSmith]

Wow such vitriolic words about Rhodes the person. As an instrument of the abolishing of slaverery in the colonies if nothing else at least respect the human

[@AhmedZaidi]

One form of slavery with another imo !

[@Stormer-Europa]

@@AhmedZaidi You mean like not using Barney Barnato's real name or that they were financed by the same people? You do realise that the so called trans slave trade of blacks enslaving other blacks, was a private venture and they were not European? Rhodes also involved himself in the resettlements in Palestine in 1902. His Class Origins ideology mentioned in the book by Stephan Halbrook were never "British".

[@Rufflezhaveridge]

Yet you and others act like b4 those darned European invaders everything was so wonderful Now if you told truth about non European invaders with same vittol you do here that be great. But that would be to honest i mean rascist

[@frankwhite2132]

Stop putting your personal take on this. Those people would never know that it was in the ground. Ask Saudi Arabia about there oil reserves.

[@AhmedZaidi]

You’re wrong. Diamonds in Africa were discovered long before Europeans came into Africa to exploit it. However, it didn’t have value to the local tribal leaders. The artificial market created around diamonds resulted systematic abuse of the land and people. You’re also wrong about oil. Just read about Abadaan oil fields in the Arabian Gulf and the Coup of 53.

[@OddWoz]

Inventing a fad that you convince people they need is no real contribution to society… and that’s to speak nothing of the consequences. All done to enrich one man at the expense of everyone else. Excuse me if I don’t fawn over him like you do.

[@trizarabia]

So what your Devils empires (UK and US) did by extracting the valuables from the ground? massacres, genocides, and enslave of locals?! Those are the savages in human shapes!

[@mhmdgholami6404]

​@AhmedZaidi it's called Persian Gulf, not Arabian golf if you telling us the story do it right

[@OddWoz]

@@mhmdgholami6404 you sound petty af