So documents were uncovered recently that show “Beau of the fifth column”, a breadtuber, was convicted on federal charges to 60 years in prison commutted to just 60 days. Then the government gave him back his properties, and he reappeared sometime after that as “Beau”, a fake name with a fake accent he uses to sound like a conservative blue-collar type guy.

Usually if the government hands out seized property, they need to give a reason, but they didn’t. Additionally the prosecutor did not charge crimes they could have probably charged, like assault (not battery) and possibly kidnapping.

The charges were on human trafficking, which however doesn’t mean much: the government considers that bringing people into the country under the wrong visa is human trafficking, even if you do it for selfless reasons.

It seems the reasons were not selfless though. Beau and three others formulated a plan to bring in female workers from Slovenia, Croatia, and bordering countries to the US to subcontract them as hotel staff. Temp working is of course legal and many people do it already, and I still think bringing people into a country so they can have a better life (and they consent to it) is a based thing, but what the suit doesn’t show (because they didn’t charge it) is that:

  • They would house the workers and make them pay for rent, I think also preventing them from finding their own place.
  • They would also bus them to work and make them pay for it, again with no other option.
  • Testimonies allege verbal abuse, threats and insults to the workers who sometimes lived with up to 15 other roommates in a hotel room.
  • They made the workers pay 2500$ for a visa application that usually costs up to 200$.

What got him in hot water was the visas, since they falsified the employer as the hotel instead of their company (Eurohouse). This was in 2003 up to 2007 btw.

It’s becoming clear that Beau is an FBI informant. Why else would they reduce his sentence and give him back his property? He was not on the left before, he used to write about Anonymous and that’s about it. Then he reemerges with a fake persona, a “socialist” outlook, and starts saying fed stuff like that people should not apply for a permit before a protest and the organisers should not tell this to participants (a cool way of getting everyone arrested and give them a criminal record!)

Honestly there’s nothing to salvage with “breadtube”, I can’t wait for its demise.

  • non-diegetic screams@lemmygrad.ml
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    2 years ago

    Beau was important to my veeeerrryy early transition into communism, but he’s an absolute radlib, honestly.

    I haven’t kept up with him, but a lot about his persona is suspicious.

    • aworldtowin@lemmy.ml
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      2 years ago

      Dude is going on making multiple videos about how if you don’t support fascists in India you are pro-colonialism. How exactly you may ask? Because, he says, China wants to colonize India and the BJP/Modi are fighting China. I cannot make this shit up.

      • Alunya𝕏ers (she/her)@lemmygrad.ml
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        2 years ago

        India: You want to invade take everything from me!

        China: I don’t even know who you are.

        …but then again, the PRC has claimed parts of Arunachal Pradesh and part of Jammu-Kashmir region (as “Aksai Chin”).

        • REEEEvolution@lemmygrad.ml
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          2 years ago

          …but then again, the PRC has claimed parts of Arunachal Pradesh and part of Jammu-Kashmir region (as “Aksai Chin”).

          The other way around actually. Historically that area was part of Qing China, but the brits took it during the century of humiliation and added it to their indian colony.

          Fast forward to the 50s: India wanted to force China to revoke its claims militarily. And got beaten.

          Fast forward to today: Both states occupy a part of the area, however local forces are not armed with modern weapons. Leading to such amusing images as PLA soldiers training with Glaives, mauls and the like, those were not used once, to my knowledge.

          Esentially both sides met once a month to beat the shit out of each other, sino-indian fight club.

          China offered to settle the dispute by making the current status quo the legal borders of both countries. India retreated its soldiers (last I heard) but so far did not agree. The issue is a good tool for Modi to divert attention from his colossal economic fuck ups.

          • Alunya𝕏ers (she/her)@lemmygrad.ml
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            2 years ago

            Historically that area was part of Qing China, but the brits took it during the century of humiliation and added it to their indian colony.

            …so what kept the Brits from advancing forward and gobbling up all of China and establishing it as a territory? Was it the competition between the other european colonial powers to see who could gobble up China first?

            Fast forward to today: Both states occupy a part of the area, however local forces are not armed with modern weapons. Leading to such amusing images as PLA soldiers training with Glaives, mauls and the like, those were not used once, to my knowledge.

            Why’s this? This makes it seem like neither of them are taking the territorial disputes seriously.

            China offered to settle the dispute by making the current status quo the legal borders of both countries. India retreated its soldiers (last I heard) but so far did not agree.

            Wait, why? This seems pretty foolish on India’s side if China was willing to throw India a bone. Unless it’s done simply because Modern-day India doesn’t like China.