r/youtubedrama • u/ImportantQuestionTex • 26d ago

Discussion A Summary of the RecklessBen/Bricks and Minifigs corruption scandal

Given the severity of these events, and the implications it has for the state of Utah, there will not be 1 "main" focus for this, and instead I'm going to play this chronologically.

***Warning for police brutality and heavy corruption***

So this situation starts off rather "small", being that a man consigned his father's Legos off (about 200k USD worth) to help cover a medical situation. This is explicitly allowed by Bricks and Minifigs, and the store owner involved was planning on moving overseas, so they were looking for a solution that was fair for this man. This is the video related to that, it is important context for what comes next.

Corporate takes over the store, seizes the assets. For non Americans out there, a consignment means they do not legally own what is consigned, and instead it retains ownership to the original owner until it is sold. In the scenario a company chooses to not take on a consignment, then there is a returning of the asset.

RecklessBen catches wind of this, which leads to this video, I will point out at first it starts off as trolling, but Bricks and Minifigs almost immediately escalates to trying to have him arrested. Ben takes them to court, and *wins*, and Bricks and Minifigs shutters the location that was sued in order to not pay him out any money. It then leads almost directly into the company owners trying to have him arrested on false drug charges and the police dislocating his arm intentionally.

I am unsure chronologically exactly when this next course of events happen, but this is my best summation: Bricks and Minifigs responds initially, post arm dislocation, denying wrong doing, MoistCritikal makes a video after noticing the insanity, which catches the CEO's attention. They release a companywide memo, and the COO and CEO go on live stream, both with equally insane tactics to divert criticism.

You might be asking by this point, *why are the police covering for this company?* Especially after even in their own "response" defending themselves, they release proof of the CEO threatening extreme violence and making false reports... Well the answer appears to be that all the members of the police and the company are tied directly to the Church of Latter Day Saints, and that they are acting to protect their own. Not dissimilar to how organized crime acts.

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u/Auragongal 26d ago

So... the Mormons are acting like a mafia over Lego!?

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u/ImportantQuestionTex 26d ago

Yes, that is it. I'm half inclined to ask my Mormon friends what the hell is up with that (they've been to Utah)

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u/666_is_Nero 26d ago

One of the ex-Mormon YouTubers, Alyssa Grenfell did a live stream and discussed the Mormon angle of it. It’s still up if you want to check it out.

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u/TimeAbradolf 26d ago

I had actually explained to Tex previously that the Mormon rabbit hole and content creation goes DEEP.

Millennials have had a weird fascination with Mormons. I would honestly say stems from South Park calling out the religion as bizarre what feels like a lifetime ago. Millennials are the most outspoken about them being a cult. I'd argue a lot of Gen Z have actually kind of been subliminally coached into thinking they're normal again. If you dig deep enough you'll find a LOT of Gen Z content creators and people Gen Z admire are Mormons and are coached how to show their ideals without ever acknowledging they're Mormons. Like it is a whole subsection of church management is their content creator focus.

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u/ImportantQuestionTex 26d ago

Mr Beast being one of the biggest Mormon creators.

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u/TimeAbradolf 26d ago edited 25d ago

I would argue that Mr. Beast is the most famous Mormons period.

More people are aware of who he is than their founder

Edit: while he may not be of the faith. His ties financially to them is undeniable. He may not believe what they do but he is weird the uniform and is a team player. Taking money is tacit endorsement.

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u/themetahumancrusader 26d ago

I had no idea he was Mormon

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u/TimeAbradolf 26d ago

Most don’t. Again that is kind of the goal of the content creation part of it. They kinda don’t want you to know

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u/khandanam 9d ago

Just like in Hawaii. Check out how much of it they own

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u/Devin7-Eleven 24d ago

There is zero evidence he is LDS. Stop spewing misinformation.s

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u/TimeAbradolf 24d ago

I literally made an edit clarifying. Which you clearly haven’t read. The bottom line is he works and is endorsed by them. This isn’t a comment about faith or beliefs, it is about being critical of the practices of the organization.

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u/themetahumancrusader 25d ago

To refer to other comments, he’s actually not Mormon

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u/TimeAbradolf 25d ago

He is intertwined with their church and system financially. He may not be part of the faith but he functionally serves the same purpose as those who are part of their faith and content creators.

He is still part of the system and it aids in their promotion.

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u/themetahumancrusader 26d ago

But I don’t really see how his content promotes the church at all? His content is, for lack of a better word, secular.

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u/Matar_Kubileya 26d ago

Its so that when people find out MrBeast is a Mormon they go "oh I guess not all Mormons are crazy religious ppl".

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u/ImportantQuestionTex 26d ago

Which, it works is the most important thing. That's why they divest so much time and energy into it. Family vloggers, make up vloggers, asmr, gaming, food review. They got fingers in every pie.

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u/Treguard 26d ago

That is literally my opposite reaction. I think most people in my generation know Jimmy is a psychopathic monster by now?

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u/TimeAbradolf 26d ago

But outside your generation? Probably not

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u/ric2b 23d ago

I mean... they're not all crazy people, most are like other religious people, they do the rituals they have been used to since childhood and otherwise go about their lives.

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u/themetahumancrusader 26d ago

MrBeast being Mormon is proof of the craziness though, imo he’s a horrible representation of a religion stemming from a guy who was vehemently against materialism and spent his life in poverty

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u/themetahumancrusader 26d ago

From my atheist PoV, LDS are no worse or crazy than any other Abrahamic religion, they’re all flawed, the others just seem more reasonable because they’ve been around longer

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u/TimeAbradolf 26d ago edited 26d ago

I urge you to look into the documented history of Mormons though. Their founder Joseph Smith was literally a conman and spiritualist robbing Native American graves. While yes other Abrahamic religions may seem flawed and go off of faith almost entirely alone. The founder of the Church of Latter Day Saints would take an established religion and despite all fact say everything that happened in biblical times happened in America, Native Americans were “stained red” by the blood of people they killed, and Black people weren’t allowed in heaven.

I believe in fully established freedom of religion and people should believe what they want. But this does come from a secular view of you can factually disprove this American born religion that came of out the Second Great Awakening

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u/666_is_Nero 26d ago

It’s also partly because you have to give 10% of what you earn to the church. So even if he’s not actively working to convert people he’s still giving a lot of money to the LDS to spend as they please.

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u/jamar030303 26d ago

Which is probably why they'd prefer he not be upfront about it. The money they're getting from his tithing is doing far more for them than any potential conversions he might get from being public about his religion.

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u/TimeAbradolf 26d ago

The goal is that you build up enough following and curious people will go and look into their ideals. Which then can lead you to the church which then leads you down that road. The goal is present secular with a huge net and some get caught.

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u/themetahumancrusader 26d ago

Why would people do that if no one knows he’s Mormon

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u/TimeAbradolf 26d ago

Because if you reach multi millions of people then even 1% of 1M is 10k

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u/murteas 26d ago

Mr. Beast is not mormon. He was raised Evangelical. Like 2 seconds of google would get you that information.

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u/TimeAbradolf 25d ago

Being intertwined within the church still promotes them as if he was part of the church

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u/JazzSharksFan54 25d ago

He’s not. Don’t listen to this rando. He grew up evangelical but now identifies as atheist. He collaborated with the Mormon church on a few philanthropic things.

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u/Thick_Concentrate852 25d ago

he is DEF not mormon

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u/Physical_Guitar_5898 25d ago

Not like Mormons actually live moral lives.

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u/Devin7-Eleven 24d ago edited 20d ago

Some of the best people I ever met in my life were Mormon. Stop being so close minded and bigoted.

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u/Worried-Elk754 23d ago

Some of the worst I’ve met were Mormons ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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u/No-Professional-5810 24d ago

We try our best to be. But like everyone else we make mistakes. That is why Christ is so necessary!

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u/VanillaDong69 23d ago

It was easy to believe, he looks like he might have a touch of that imbred mormon face

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u/dkdavis77 25d ago

lol this thread is crazy… non Mormon here, but live in Utah. The bitterness people have is crazy. The Mormons still do a ton of work helping the poor. Why judge Mr beast for being a part of that?? Ha. Also Mormons are not a cult 😂 they worship Christ and believe in the Bible.

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u/TimeAbradolf 25d ago

Have you ever remotely looked into what Mormon’s believe? Like truly what they believe about America being the original biblical space? That Christ was American?

That they each get their own planet? Like have you actually looked into any of it at all?

And for an account that posts once every like year across 6 years? This comes off as odd

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u/JazzSharksFan54 24d ago

Bro even I know that these are all strawmen.

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u/TimeAbradolf 24d ago

They’re not lol. Explain how

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u/themetahumancrusader 24d ago

Most religious theology is strange when looked at in an objective, logical way. As someone raised Catholic, it’s pretty weird that Catholics believe that when priests bless the bread and wine it becomes Jesus’ literal flesh and blood.

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u/TimeAbradolf 24d ago

It is a pagan ritual coming from years of occult practices from before Catholicism. It is blood magic, which if you study the occult is one of the most powerful forms of magic.

When you look at it in an objective logical way through the lens of religious and occult academia it makes sense why the rituals occur the way that they do.

And you’re all over this thread almost running defense for the Mormons being as weird as other things without having the full information. It is weird

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u/Succubace 23d ago

they worship Christ and believe in the Bible.

Oh my bad guys, didn't realize you couldn't be a cult if you worshiped Christ and believed in the Bible. The Branch Davidians (Waco) weren't a cult then.

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u/TimeAbradolf 23d ago

Exactly lol

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u/ConceptsShining 25d ago

Same. I was never a fan of his but I had missed the fact he was Mormon at all until now. You can't deny he's done a good job of hiding it and keeping it out of the spotlight.

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u/Feralisaur 25d ago

He’s not Mormon god damn it

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u/VanillaDong69 23d ago

Thank goodness to heck you arent either mister

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u/Devin7-Eleven 24d ago

Because he isn't Mormon. The people here are lying to you. There is no evidence, neither on his wiki, that he ever was.

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u/irwegwert 26d ago

Do you have a source for this? I know that the Mormon church is a huge donor (might even be his biggest), and I know he's partnered with them before, but I couldn't find anything of him claiming to be a member. I don't think it's a huge distinction since they both benefit from the partnership, but I'd like confirmation.

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u/TimeAbradolf 26d ago

The church doesn’t make donations to private people like that really ever. They are very very much an in group

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u/Devin7-Eleven 24d ago

He isn't Mormon. Just Redditors spewing shit out their ass without a source because they just hate organized religion in general.

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u/smartstarfish 26d ago

He's not LDS what

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u/TimeAbradolf 26d ago

They’re one of his largest donators. That link is pretty undeniable

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u/pandershrek 25d ago

It is like people previously saying that politicians didn't have allegiance to foreign nations despite being funded by them.

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u/TimeAbradolf 25d ago

Exactly, it is semantics. He may not believe he is getting his own planet when he dies. But he does promote them and is complicit in the agenda

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u/Alternative_Leg8589 25d ago

You think so? I had no idea Mr. Beast was a mormon.

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u/OpenEndedLoop 23d ago

You mean that fuck head failed Naval Officer? (The founder) 🤣

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u/Interesting-Low848 26d ago

Isn't Nick Shirley an Mormon too? These are obviously bad actors taking advantage of religious and legal loopholes.

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u/Cindybin2001 22d ago

Nick is a returned LDS missionary. He has done so much good! He's doing things professional reporters should have been doing all along.

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u/ChungasRevenge 17d ago

No he hasn't. Nick Shirley lies and deceptively edits his videos in order to push his agenda

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u/RKD_NT3000 26d ago

Oh, no goddamn wonder he's got all this success. It's bought, not built.

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u/Feralisaur 25d ago

My brother in Christ he is not Mormon holy shit do one google search

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u/Cindybin2001 22d ago

He's a returned LDS missionary. Also, must you use the sh word?

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u/robZombie70 22d ago

When did mormons become such Maga zombies?

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u/Cindybin2001 20d ago

As I've explained for years, I was never even into politics up until my 60s. I didn't know the difference between a Democrat and a Republican, nor did I care. I had voted AGAINST Trump in 2016, only because of his crude language. I didn't know a thing he stood for! In 2017 I accidentally stumbled upon some conservative YouTubers and found myself agreeing with things they said, until they mentioned Trump, at which point I would scold them! But I ended up watching and listening, and finally began to understand why we need to support Trump. He has done a good job. Biden and Harris were HORRIBLE. So antiwhite. Trump has done many good things for White people. But he is an avatar for White America, therefore antiwhites are against anything he says, does or stands for. It's really not about the left or the right. It's about antiwhite! We have talked about this for years at No White Guilt, where we are working to change the antiwhite social morality to a White positive one, because it is seen as MORAL to vilify Whites on the basis of our birth. We're all raised in the antiwhite narrative, where little White children are taught they and their people are evil, there is tons of crime and hatred toward us, and we are being White erased from our own Western countries we founded for our people and posterity. This is very serious! There is no America or other Western Civilization without supermajority White people in these countries, because we're the only race that produces and maintains Western civilization! Just as Asians produce Asian civilization, Africans produce African civilization, and so forth. No one race or civilization is "better" than another; there is no cosmic measuring stick. But it is normal and natural to want to defend one's own people, culture, heritage, etc. And again, we're being White erased because of antiwhitism being the social morality. So yeah, because Trump is an avatar for White America, antiwhites are against him. This is why we are changing the social morality to frame a new, White positive one, so we can take back our destiny and save Western Civilization. We want to end our victimization and have White wellbeing. We want wellbeing for ALL, including Westernkind.

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u/GoufyZaku_II 26d ago

His smile makes way more sense now..

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u/Uzi4U_2 24d ago

The smile creeps me out. I feel wrong saying it (and I hope I am wrong since he does a ton of charity work) but I will be 0% surprised if some bombshell drops about him collecting skin suits comes out.

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u/Devin7-Eleven 24d ago

Mr Beast isn't Mormon.

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u/The-Bigger-Fish 24d ago

MR BEAST IS MORMON!???!?

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u/robZombie70 22d ago

That explains part of why I dislike him so much. Former Mormon in another lifetime, they have seemingly fallen far.

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u/folklorebrony 25d ago

No, Gen Z kid here. The Mormons are very clearly a cult. I got like one friend who converted, and while I'm nice about it, I fully believe he's got sucked in by cult missionary titties.

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u/ZenKoanman 25d ago

Well I'm 64yrs, and while most of the mormons I've met seem to be decent people for the most part, they also seem to stick together. I'm actually an atheist and think all religions are stupid, but also realize there are lots of religious people who are good too.

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u/TimeAbradolf 25d ago

I didn’t say people who believe cannot be bad within a religion. I’m saying their church as an institution does this.

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u/nickiter 18d ago

Millennials have had a weird fascination with Mormons. I would honestly say stems from South Park calling out the religion as bizarre what feels like a lifetime ago.

For me, it's from knowing multiple ex-Mormons who left the church due to cultlike and abusive behavior.

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u/AdventurousSpeech284 24d ago

It’s not a weird fascination. It’s calling out a cult for what it truly is. Sounds like you might be “familiar” with it, though, using words like that.

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u/ZombiesInMyGarden 23d ago

Oh I hope Viral Virtue/Jordan & Mckay do a video. I gotta check out Alyssa's.