Cecil Rhodes

Appears in 3 conspiracy theories

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 Alternative History

Scramble for Africa — Colonial History Whitewashed

King Leopold II's Congo Free State (1885-1908) killed an estimated 10 million Congolese — largely omitted from Belgian history books until the 1990s and still absent from many European curricula.

1884 · Europe · Leopold II (Belgium), Cecil Rhodes, E.D. Morel

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

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