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'The Economist' asks why millennials aren't buying diamonds, but the answer seems pretty obvious
'I wonder, though: Could there be some other reason that millennials, many of whom graduated during the financial crisis of 2008, aren’t buying ludicrously expensive precious gems?'
'The Economist, the venerable finance magazine that Karl Marx once called “the European organ of the aristocracy of finance,” is apparently unaware of the economic circumstances of people under the age of 30—millennials, if you must. “Why aren’t millennials buying diamonds?” the Economist wondered this week. '
'It’s true that today’s socially-conscious kids don’t want “blood diamonds.” They watch Leo movies; they’re not idiots. '
'Does the Economist have a solution to the challenges plaguing today’s non-diamond-buying youths?'
'This is almost as bad as the time, just last year, that a number of financial writers wondered why millennials weren’t buying houses and cars, and determined that these crazy kids just had different priorities. '
[–] PM_ME_YOUR_BOOBS2 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Because they are a literal scam?
[–] Dark_Shroud [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Yeah that was a laughable excuse why young people are not buying diamonds.
Personally I'll just get the future wife a ring with Moissanite stones if she doesn't want any specific stone. Unless I dig them up my self I won't be spending money on diamonds.
[–] not_drunk ago
Cause they are only rocks.
Better things to spend money on.