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Mr. Gygès, who campaigned against New Caledonian independence, added: “We are not China, we are not Indonesia, we are not the Philippines. We are France in the Pacific.”

“The push into green nickel isn’t just for global competitive advantage,” said Christopher Gygès, New Caledonia’s minister for economy, foreign trade and energy.

“When you look at France and China, it is totally different when it comes to human rights,” said Christopher Gygès, an anti-independence politician who also serves as New Caledonia’s minister for the economy, foreign trade and energy.

Only when people are known do they become accountable for their actions, a finding that echoes Plato's story of the Ring of Gyges, in which the philosopher wonders if a man who became invisible would then go on to commit heinous acts.

The question of hidden truths is found in Plato’s Republic, in the tale of the ring of Gyges, which makes its wearers invisible and thus allows them to go anywhere without fear of detection or consequences.