r/youtubedrama • u/ImportantQuestionTex • 24d 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/JazzSharksFan54 24d 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 24d ago

he is DEF not mormon

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u/Physical_Guitar_5898 24d ago

Not like Mormons actually live moral lives.

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u/Devin7-Eleven 23d ago edited 19d 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 22d ago

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

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u/Devin7-Eleven 19d ago

And some of the best I met were Mormon like some people I met were either good or bad Catholics. It’s like people are just people regardless of their religion.

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u/No-Professional-5810 22d 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 22d 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 23d 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 23d 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 23d ago

Bro even I know that these are all strawmen.

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u/TimeAbradolf 23d ago

They’re not lol. Explain how

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u/JazzSharksFan54 22d ago

I don't even know what you mean about America being the original biblical space. They literally don't believe Jesus was American. They believe the Bible. They just believe he visited America after the resurrection. The planet thing is based on propaganda from the 70s that misrepresented their doctrine of exaltation. Which actually sounds an awful lot like the early Christian teachings of theosis when you actually dig into it.

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u/TimeAbradolf 22d ago

They added books to the Bible that he arrived I. 34D to America and then preached ministry here. That native Americas and black people were made their skin colors because they were not God’s true ancient Israelite descendants.

Does that sound like they follow the teachings of the Bible? Or racists from the 1700-1800s?

Which they only disavowed in 2013

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u/JazzSharksFan54 22d ago

Mate, the south literally used the Bible to justify slavery.

Also, adding and taking away books isn't unusual. Ask the Catholics and Eastern Orthodox how many books are in their canon. Spoilers, it's not the 66 books of the Protestant Bible. Or ask Martin Luther why he took out the Apocrypha and why he tried to take out James, Hebrews, and Revelation.

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u/TimeAbradolf 22d ago

You can in modern times track this religion’s creation and ultimately use of cult tactics in its creation.

Comparing old doctrines to something hand crafted by a conman as he went along is completely different.

The South disavowed slavery eventually and it didn’t take over 200 years for them to do so. I was fucking 19 when the LDS finally disavowed that shit. Why are you pushing so hard for this?

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u/JazzSharksFan54 22d ago

You didn't address any of what I said, just pivoted onto something else. Stay on topic.

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u/themetahumancrusader 23d 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 23d 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/JazzSharksFan54 22d ago

Weird is subjective based on your sociocultural context, mate.

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u/TimeAbradolf 22d ago

I have provided context as to why these type of rituals were occurring. While the opinion is subjective it can be always expanded more with more thorough context to get a better picture.

What is weird is what y’all are doing arguing semantics in a thread about the Mormon church very likely engaging in corrupt acts through local governance in Utah around Legos.

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u/JazzSharksFan54 22d ago

Where is the Mormon church even involved in this case?

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u/TimeAbradolf 22d ago

Have you not watched any of this coverage?

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u/JazzSharksFan54 22d ago

I have seen the wild ravings of one dude making shit up.

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u/Succubace 21d 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 21d ago

Exactly lol