artificial scarcity

Conspiracy theories tagged "artificial scarcity."

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Diamonds Are Forever — Artificial Scarcity by De Beers

De Beers ran a confirmed monopoly on diamond supply for over a century while using the 1947 'A Diamond Is Forever' campaign to manufacture the tradition of diamond engagement rings and suppress resale markets.

1888 · South Africa · Cecil Rhodes, Ernest Oppenheimer, De Beers

Confirmed Economics & Society

Diamond Resale Value Myth / Engineered Illiquidity

De Beers deliberately built a retail market with no buy-back mechanism, trapping consumers in an illiquid asset that loses 50% of its value upon purchase — a designed feature, not a bug.

1888 · South Africa · De Beers, Cecil Rhodes, Ernest Oppenheimer

Mixed Economics & Society

OPEC Oil Embargo / Artificial Scarcity Conspiracy

Theories that the 1973 oil embargo was engineered not just as Arab retaliation but as part of a broader US-Saudi agreement to dramatically raise oil prices, strengthening petrodollar hegemony.

1973 · Saudi Arabia · OPEC, Henry Kissinger, Richard Nixon