> their rareness convinces certain kinds of (shithead) people that they "must"

A complementary strategy is to relentlessly name and shame the backward cultures that compose this shitheadedness.

So say it with me: Chinese* traditional medicine is backwards and primitive. Chinese ivory buyers are a shameful stain upon humanity.

* The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) reports that nearly all of the current demand for elephant ivory comes from the Chinese market. -https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/economics-...