Part Two: That Time Volkswagen Operated a Slave Plantation in Brazil

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What historical context led to Volkswagen's involvement in slave labor in Brazil?

0:06

Oh, welcome back to Behind the Bastards, a podcast that you're listening to right now. And this is part two of our episodes on Volkswagen's slave plantation in Brazil. So you probably know what's going on here. You're not dropping into part two of this specific episode just on your own. That would be weird. I hope not. Uh-huh. They'll both be depressing, but to just pick the second part of it. That's maniac shit. That's like 5150 shit, right? Like that's a 72 hour hold for you. Sea kettle. Yeah. What are you doing? And we're coming in, of course, on the day that Diddy just got sentenced. So that's fun. Have you caught this yet? This happened in between us recording part one and part two. The court art is something else.

0:58

Very special. He does not look happy. I had hoped for more than that. But yeah, he's more than four years. So at least it's not... It's not nothing. I don't know. What do you want? This is 2025. Like... I am like, wow. He went to trial? Yeah, yeah. He's staying in prison. He's not going to get time served for what he already did. That's not nothing. Yeah? Yeah.

How did the Brazilian military dictatorship support Volkswagen's operations?

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It's sad that I'm looking at that and being like, well, I was worried it would be worse. But look at this picture of him. I'm also really vibing on this drawing of him. I love good court art. Yeah. Yes. Yeah, it's beautiful. He does not look happy. His hair is totally white. Also... This has to be a choice. Clearly, it looks like a bailiff behind him. You can see they've drawn his badge, and it looks like an Anarchy Circle A symbol on the bailiff's badge. I don't know why they made that choice. You're not reading into it, to my untrained eye. Absolutely. That is a Circle A, right? That's just a Circle A? Hell yeah. Let's talk about something that makes sense, you know? Something that makes us feel good, that makes us feel optimistic.

2:08

Oh, wait, no, we're talking about slavery in Brazil. We're not talking about any of that at all. Maggie, you want to plug anything before we get back into talking about Brazil's slave plantations? Well, Volkswagens in Brazil. I mean, I am so excited to get back into talking about that. Mm-hmm. But in case you need a little bit of a headspace before, yeah, you can check out my YouTube channel. I do video essays on cultural stuff and film. And then, yeah, over on Nebula, there's a nice little show, Amy's Dad and Dream House, kids show for adults, adult topics under the guise of a kids show.

What were the living and working conditions for enslaved workers on Volkswagen's plantation?

2:46

We don't, however, cover business practices. So I think we'll cover that here today in the second part of this podcast. Excellent. Maybe just give some advice. Yeah, we'll be talking a lot about that. And weirdly, I mean, we just started talking about the strange bedfellows that politics make. But like one of the good guys in this is the Catholic Church or at least a Catholic priest, which doesn't happen often on this show. But it does happen more when we're talking about Latin America, you know. That's true.

Who was Father Ricardo Resende and what role did he play in uncovering the truth?

3:14

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Le Monstre, season two, is available now. Listen for free on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Malcolm Gladwell here. This season on Revisionist History, we're going back to the spring of 1988 to a town in northwest Alabama where a man committed a crime that would spiral out of control. And he said, I've been in prison 24, 25 years. That's probably not long enough.