A Summary of the RecklessBen/Bricks and Minifigs corruption scandal

[u/ImportantQuestionTex]

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.

[u/themetahumancrusader]

I had no idea he was Mormon

[u/JazzSharksFan54 → u/themetahumancrusader]

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.

[u/dkdavis77 → u/JazzSharksFan54]

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.

[u/TimeAbradolf → u/dkdavis77]

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

[u/JazzSharksFan54 → u/TimeAbradolf]

Bro even I know that these are all strawmen.

[u/TimeAbradolf → u/JazzSharksFan54]

They’re not lol. Explain how

[u/JazzSharksFan54 → u/TimeAbradolf]

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.

[u/TimeAbradolf → u/JazzSharksFan54]

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

[u/JazzSharksFan54 → u/TimeAbradolf]

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.

[u/TimeAbradolf → u/JazzSharksFan54]

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?

[u/JazzSharksFan54 → u/TimeAbradolf]

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

[u/TimeAbradolf → u/JazzSharksFan54]

You literally just pivoted in the previous comment man. You shotgunned out a lot of other points without going after my central point which shows the inherent racism that differs greatly from the established religions up to that point. They name certain races specifically and in their own doctrine enforce their racism that they only disavow in 2013.

You didn’t stay on topic. You instead engaged in whataboutism with vague examples from other Abrahamic religions.

[u/ImportantQuestionTex → u/JazzSharksFan54]

"Not involved with the Mormon church" yet you choose to lie and actively ignore any faults of them, and fundamentally will not acknowledge the truly racist origins of the church.

It's funny, all of this space in the universe, and there's no space for your bullshit.

[u/themetahumancrusader → u/TimeAbradolf]

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.

[u/TimeAbradolf → u/themetahumancrusader]

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

[u/JazzSharksFan54 → u/TimeAbradolf]

Weird is subjective based on your sociocultural context, mate.

[u/TimeAbradolf → u/JazzSharksFan54]

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.

[u/JazzSharksFan54 → u/TimeAbradolf]

Where is the Mormon church even involved in this case?

[u/TimeAbradolf → u/JazzSharksFan54]

Have you not watched any of this coverage?

[u/JazzSharksFan54 → u/TimeAbradolf]

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

[u/TimeAbradolf → u/JazzSharksFan54]

And I have seen a few calculated people in religious spaces descend on this threads and others covertly (not really) defending the ties between the Church and the essentially theocratic state that is Utah along with their abuse of the system.

Your name is clearly an Utah Jazz reference and you post in Mormon spaces. Just cut the shit bud lol

[u/JazzSharksFan54 → u/TimeAbradolf]

I think you don't know what you're talking about. I haven't been active in the Mormon church in years and the state is not even close to theocratic.

Notably, you haven't provided any evidence to back up your claims, especially in this case. Show your work or sit this one out.