The World’s Best Speech on Money

[@WarDogLRS]

"It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning." - Henry Ford

[@nowchanlahkesis9691]

@@WarDogLRS Nothing backs it sept free money for the looters

[@RobertDePinto]

100%

[@RobertDePinto]

@GordonSmith-x3w wow. Tells you everything right there. Can't wait for the banking revolution.

[@blacksanta69-s4k]

then why is america so revered in the speech? i don't understand.

[@guatenewstoday]

"Money will not serve the mind that can not match it" ufffff! Lord. If this doesn't hit you, nothing will.

[@nowchanlahkesis9691]

@@guatenewstoday Money is worth nothing without weight

[@palobar9974]

Spot on brother!!!

[@bellajune320]

yes.

[@Danash929]

About 50 years ago my father tossed this book to me and said "better read this before you die". It didn't change my life, but re-affirmed and gave context to everything I thought human existence could and should be. I've been re-reading it every 5 years or so ever since.

[@Keofodh]

Thats really cool fam but wtf is the book

[@CeaSeMusic1]

@@Keofodh I think they're talking about the same book in the video - Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

[@DrProgNerd]

I've read it three times - and it's about due for another reading. I agree with you that it's not gospel by any means - but it does offer a great template for how power and corruption - under the guise of altruism - interfere with productive achievement. We're living it today.

[@Natty183]

The Virtue Of Selfishness

[@razzberry1262]

Should read "The Theory of Money and Credit" and "Human Action" by Ludwig von Mises.

[@TheInnerParty]

I became aware of Ayn Rand from the Rush album, 2112. This was late 70s, and inside the album in the liner notes stated, "dedicated to the genius of Ayn Rand." I thought to myself, who the hell is Ayn Rand? This was pre-Internet so I went to the library and found a little Novela entitled, "anthem" (because Rush had a song of that title). That one little tiny book that I remember reading in a couple hours put me down a rabbit hole that was literally life-changing. My life and mind completely changed. I went basically from a pot smoking nihilist to an entrepreneurial objectivist within a few months. I cut my hair, I went to school, I got a PhD in economics, and today I consider myself an expert on both her life and her works having read every known word she ever wrote. And most of what's been written about her. People forget that back in the 30s and even 40s, Communism was not a bad word and neither was Fascism. Indeed, Mussolini was time magazine's man of the year for 1928, and the intellectuals of the time believed that Fascism "the third way", neither Capitalism nor communism, was the enlightened path of the future. So it wasn't the Milton Friedman's and the Frederick von Hayeks fighting the battle of individual freedom back then, it was primarily three women. Ayn Rand, Isabel Peterson, and Rose Wilder Lane (of Little House on the Prairie fame). Her major epistemological error was making reason not just supreme, but the only means by which we understand the world around us. It is true that we will never understand the world by how we feel about it, it is also true we will never understand ourselves and others without understanding the how and why of our feelings. Henry Kissinger once said that Nixon's primary problem was he never got hugged as a child, and this could also be stated about Ayn Rand. After the bolsheviks took over, intense poverty followed and it's clear having to put tar on her hair daily to keep the lice away, etc.… shame! made an indelible impact upon her "psycho-epistemology". Like all of us, rand absolutely possessed emotions, and jealousy and resentment was one of them. She certainly was a genius, but she was also very human. I've read Atlas a a good four times, listened to it once, and I've read quotes thousands of times. Every time I read it, I really enjoyed it, and as I've aged with each reading I find different things that please me about the book. I have ALWAYS said that I didn't think the characters in the book, and the plot, was that realistic because I could never imagine the political economy of the United States becoming anything resembling The dystopia that atlas shrugged described. However, given recent modern history, the woke agenda, BLM, blatant disregard for property rights, the disintegrating educational system, and how stupid most of my fellow academics have become, I've been forced to revise this judgment. Ayn Rand was not all knowing, nor was she error-free, and some of her takes were just ridiculously wrong. The worst for me was that objectivism was a closed system; that you either take it exactly as she produced it, or don't call what you're talking about objectivism. This of course splintered the movement which is why we have the atlas society today. No philosophy is a closed system. I revere Aristotle, but we've improved upon him over the centuries. Indeed, one would think the father of so many "ologies"would have simply counted the number of teeth in a woman's skull, rather than pronouncing they have less teeth than men. One significant correction to the video -- three, not two, of Ayn Rand's books have been made into films. "We the living", "the Fountainhead", "atlas shrugged" (the ladder a fiasco of timelines and movie rights which resulted in three films one for each of the three parts of atlas). For those who have not read it, "we the living" is an outstanding novel. Indeed, I would argue that as a novel (not a philosophical treatise disguised as novel) what is the best of her writing. It's also the best movie made from her works, and it was outstanding if you can suffer subtitles or speak Italian. An interesting backstory. Quickly, the movie was actually commissioned and financed by the Italian fascist government of Mussolini. Upon its debut in theaters, it became apparent to authorities that although it did indeed have a strong anti-communist message, it was a tiny stretch to make it an anti-fascist message as well. So the movie was banned by Mussolini, and it did not surface in the west for another 10 years much to the astonishment of Ayn Rand who never knew it was even made into a movie. So I leave the reader with this quote, which is on my wall right now, and despite her failures, I still honor her successes. I would be a criminal today, in prison or dead, if I had not encountered Ayn Rand that's a very young man. This was one of her successes and indeed this quote serves as an anthem of anti-wokeism. Thanks Ayn. 🔥💯🥰 “In the name of the best within you, do not sacrifice this world to those who are at its worst. In the name of the values that keep you alive, do not let your vision of people be distorted by the ugly, the cowardly, the mindless in those who have never achieved integrity. Do not lose your knowledge that our proper estate is an upright posture, an intransigent mind and a step that travels unlimited roads. Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desired can be won, it exists, it is real, it's yours.”

[@greenentrepreneurs]

Wow, thank you for all you shared above. 👍🏼

[@grahambuckingham7295]

Interesting thanks.

[@IntellectualCapitalist]

Brilliant! 🌞 Bravo 👏 Thank you 🙏🏽

[@konradwk622]

Thank you for sharing, if you don't mind me asking what other powerful economic literature do you find compelling which you could recommend for others seeking to understand more about economics and markets. Personally I found Orwell to be a great fictional exemplification of our societies trend, but I was wondering what relevant non-fiction you would recommend?

[@catrinacerny5155]

Your love of great writing is apparent. 👌

[@Somabillion_]

"Wealth is the product of a man's capacity to think"

[@Somabillion_]

5:14 Money demands that you sell not your weakness to their stupidity but your talent to their reason💯

[@peterkogl1329]

😅😅😅

[@RedEyeification]

You can think as long as you want.If there's nothing to work...

[@verzeda]

Footnote: society inhibits mans freedoms, if man cannot create wealth despite his struggles, then his society is flawed.

[@USELESSINFO-y3p]

NO!!!!!!!!! HIS CAPACITY HECAN NEVER SATISFIE. LOOK AT HIS HISTORY OF HIS ACTIONS.

[@LorenHenriksen]

Money is a "certificate of appreciation". Thank-you. From Canada

[@jamesbyrne9312]

I appreciate your service so I will pay you a tiny proportion of my obscene wealth, that kind of appreciation????

[@SeanGravener]

"Money is made before it can be looted or mooched. Made by the effort of every honest man, each to the extent of his ability. An honest man knows he can't consume more than he has produced." Thanks for sharing and for the high quality video, Robert.

[@dasse8717]

Explain how someone who never does a day of labor but can "invest" and make more than the person doing the labor? That is what Capitalism is.

[@D_BigShow]

Not so for labour is just as much a mental endeavour as it is physical, remember that talent a component of money is also intellectual both the physical and mental excersise of effort are to be respected

[@D_BigShow]

Investing requires skill, it is not gambling, and demands great mental and emotional control,anyone who is a successful investor will attest to how much they have developed not to mention, how much they have had to endure and sacrifice.

[@trpweb]

​@@dasse8717May be if one gets an education, available on YT for free, they will understand how to make money without labor. It's called 'leverage' .. leverage comes from skills, technology, code, taking risk... not just from having a lot of money. If a guy carries a rock all day he can claim to work hard, but who is going to pay top dollar to a guy caring a rock. Of course, some people want to blame others for being rich because it makes it easy for them to accept being a loser. It's now not their fault and they don't have to try to get out of the rut their life is in. It's easy, coz being a loser doesn't take any efforts. Then they go online and crib, to build a tribe of losers.

[@dasse8717]

@@Daniel-ev5je That is going away as AI comes in, the thinking and analytical tasks will go away and motor skills that robots won't be able to conquer just yet will be more in demand. AI could run a business now, you don't need 140 IQ or the ability to go through an Ivy league education to get that skill. So its gonna be bout who you know.

[@dhruvadude808]

"an honest man is one who knows he can't consume more than he has produced." That explains a lot.

[@weseeclearly777]

literally we ALL have consumed more than we have produced. Most of what we think of as production / creation is just reshuffling at best, or more likely extraction from the earth without any recompense.

[@dhruvadude808]

I disagree - what about organic farmers who help feed themselves and their communities, for example? I was thinking instead of the rise of the millionaire and now billionaire classes that wouldn't be happening had the US not gone "temporarily" off the gold standard in 1971. @@weseeclearly777

[@pablofunky6342]

Prediction is increst with machines and labour so that sense is not true any longer ...

[@hannibalfloyd]

@@weseeclearly777 yes creation is just the rearranging of thought and matter as it is all the same stuff since the big bang. your point being?

[@dasse8717]

If a machine produces it though, then all ok right? Cause the rich consume the increased productivity due to machines making the work more efficient, how come only the people who actually do NO work (the owners who do no labor) get all the benefit, the workers don't.

[@kernalsander9395]

Ayan Rand was really brilliant and people even during her time thought she was insane 😢.. glad her work is more relevant today

[@andrewrollason4963]

No. She just thinks that selfishness and stealing is just.

[@seascape35]

@@andrewrollason4963 I do not believe Ayn Rand ever justified stealing; if we understand that stealing is taking the productive output of someone else, not by free, open and mutual agreement of trade, but by force or stealth without their consent.

[@INTROSPEKTRAL]

@@andrewrollason4963 selfishness is just and we're all entitled to care about our own interests first and foremost.

[@robotube7361]

@@INTROSPEKTRAL The problem arises when people's interests start growing and they start hurting others by "fulfiling their desires". Thats the biggest problem. Its nice to be selfish as long as its not hurting others but since selfish men have no concept of empathy they often overstep and turn into monsters

[@leocilliers4346]

The best video I have ever watched on KZbin ever, I'm downloading this and keeping a copy if it on my PC, and I ordered a copy of Atlas Shrugged.

[@JaiHylRubis]

Strangely enough both my father and I read Atlas Shrugged at the same time without either he nor I knowing the other was ... true story! He would state he could only eat two chops a day and gave away large amounts of his hard earned money, for this he was not only money rich. I hope you find the book instructive. Certainly it sheds a sinister light on Oliver Stone who left out all the exotic technology in his myopic movie version of the book, one of the greatest books ever written by a mere mortal! Question: "Who is John Galt." Answer: The very best a human can be! ☘ 💖🙏💫

[@z400racer37]

❤

[@carmengarciavilar7685]

@@JaiHylRubis You will love "The Fountainhead".

[@ThaiCarnivore]

Search the book and you will find a website dedicated to her.

[@Goldilakh]

Minus the distracting background music smh

[@danielrizzo4927]

“Run for your life from any man who tells you that money is evil. That sentence is the leper’s bell of an approaching looter.”. One of my favorites quotes.

[@Philhump03]

It is the love of money that is the root of all evil

[@pdcdesign9632]

@@Philhump03 If you put money and greed ABOVE humanity and well being then you have serious issues.

[@icenovax9197]

Some of the comments are akin to the “lepers Bell”. Sad to see that.

[@JonLundgren]

People are the root of all evil. Period.

[@jdoe9518]

@@icenovax9197 What's worse is the complete lack of understanding of what "money" is and how it is created. A debt based system isn't evil either. Peoples ignorance and stupidity are the only thing that allow any system of shared belief to exist and continue. The sheeple are called sheeple for good reason.

[@EndoftheBlock7224]

You did an amazing job of narrating this passage of Ms Rands book. This needs to be taught to everyone and that can be done by everyone who sees this.

[@Madasin_Paine]

Who paid for more sorrows crimes ans underserved profits powers and privileges? Marx Lenin or Gates and Rockefeller? This Utopia money is in which hands mostly? Rand ends her kufe in government assistance and healthcare. This guy Justin produced an add for the the central banks and the US Chamber of Commerce.

[@thefaith01]

Mixing is off. Music too loud

[@alejmc]

@@thefaith01agreed, would rather just listen to the voice. Maybe it’s nice for those that know the passage already and revisiting with extra sounds is enticing. Me I was too concentrated trying to make sure I didn’t skip or missed every single word. Still great at least

[@Godloveszaza]

​@@thefaith01music fits perfectly you just crying. He messed up on his reading a few times and that's the only flaw.

[@Michael-qy1jz]

We are clearly at the 13 minute mark of this video in history

[@patrickgrolemund545]

This speech hits harder the older I get. It guides my advice to my children. It will be put into my will to be read aloud to all of my heirs.

[@MrPucky8]

You would really put that in your will to be read...wow😮

[@patrickgrolemund545]

@@MrPucky8 yes. Money causes no evil. It’s only a reflection

[@jimtomo9207]

Money is a commodity. we don't have in the uk we have token so the government can print endless currency and then leave it to the public to soak up that lovely inflation

[@thomasfairfax4956]

Remember to teach them how the corporations and banks work.

[@onefull1]

@patrickgrole Hi Patrick. Have you heard, “Where there is a will, there is a probate?” Please save your heirs the hardship, grief, and anguish of involving the institution of law from interfering with who benefits from your passing away by leaving a will. Instead of a will, establish a trust. A trust is as solid as gold, and can’t be challenged by a court of law.

[@tragickingdom15]

This is why they try so hard to discredit her work. She was onto their game 70+ years ago because she experienced it in Russia. She described exactly what is happening to our society right now.

[@MaisyK]

shes a nihilistic jew

[@analogueoverdigital929]

Blackrock, Vanguard, and the FED have made our society one in which scares me very much.

[@chriscartmill]

1 Timothy 6:10 - For the "LOVE" of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. Money is not evil, without it we could do nothing... great video.

[@lebendigesdeutsch5123]

Real love is always good. The problem is irrationality

[@kw6909]

‘The man who damns money has obtained it dishonorably, the man who respects it has earned it.’ Preach.

[@arianna_tnl]

bs

[@arianna_tnl]

are you people real?

[@arianna_tnl]

Money were used by the state to pay militars to make war... that's what money is about ... at least now

[@kw6909]

@@arianna_tnl you don’t think that’s a cool quote? I thought that was a really good one.

[@ronfox5519]

Money is no more evil than a ruler, weigh scale, or clock. The ruler is not the space. The scale is not the mass. The clock is not the time. And the money is not the product.

[@timstapleman]

"Money will not buy intelligence for the fool"

[@megharaj_007_ranebennnur_2]

But it can Hire Intelligence. the One who does not have it enough will work for one has it Enough !!! think bout it.

[@mushroomzulu]

But it will buy private education for elite dynastic families and fund the suppression and degradation of the public.

[@USELESSINFO-y3p]

WILLGIVEYOU A BETTER CHANCE GAINING SOME STEPUP IN KNOWLEDGE. WHYWE HAVE FOOLS. SCHOOL NOW USELESS INFORMATION. NOT WORTH A HAIR FROM A BABOONS BACKSIDE.

[@il_nessuno43]

ATLAS SHRUGGED, THE LAWS OF HUMAN NATURE, and 1984, have literally changed how I think, how I look at the world, and how I see everyone in it.

[@nextyrannis2151]

Atlas Shrugged is by far the longest novel I've ever read. Both the importance of the theme as well as the excellence of Rand's writing made it an enjoyable read. Rand was a truly talented writer.

"the excellence of Rand's writing made it an enjoyable read. Rand was a truly talented writer."? You don't read many books do you?

[@dotinceptions7614]

This video is worthy of study, the message of our current age starts at 12:00, at 12:42 is what happens when they disarm society (us), the rest shows the darker parts of what comes next.. This needs to be broadcasted to a wider audience. Thanks for sharing!

[@fakemoney1955]

This should be shown to everyone in the world that uses “money”. Well done my friend!

[@backcountyrpilot]

“….the dead virtue that was the fortune.” Perfectly explains that earned wealth represents actual production and integrity.

[@rjbz554]

problem is most great wealth is not from virtue....

[@StephenS-2025]

Excellent work! Conclusion? Jekyll Island meeting changed it forever. Fed Reserve. Which isn't federal, and doesn't have reserves... Our fiat currency that we buy at interest creates an inflationary debt- spiral that is inescapable. " Money" is not a bad thing. Per se. Equity seems difficult to achieve but, not impossible. Social systems need not be exploitative or inept. As with everything, the intention of men's hearts is foundational.

[@fusion9619]

This is the thing I've ever seen on KZbin. By far, the best... This is incredible. Thank you so much for making this.

[@MartinAndersson715]

Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism is by far, the best philosophy ever

[@rmartin9426]

Thanks Robert. You’re taking me back to my first reading of those words about 30 years ago. They moved me then, & more so today. What a titanic work by Ayn Rand. If you meet someone that knows her & her work & despises her, you will know all you need to know about them.

[@HowardARoark]

I listened to the audio book of 'The Fountainhead' by Rand - a wonderful novel, with many sharp insights of Rand, and memorable sharply chisseled characters. When I finished this book I almost felt a sense of grief, to come out of that world that Rand created. I would say this novel changed my life, however I realized I was like this all along, I just didn't know that there was anybody else like that too, until reading this novel. And realizing there are a lot of people out there that appreciate Rand too makes the world seem a lot less lonely.

[@WarDogLRS]

When the rich rob the poor... It's called business. When the poor fight back... It's called violence.''-- Mark Twain

[@ПоследнийГугенот]

And when the government rob both of them- it''s called "politics ".

[@tutubeas10]

B.s. I've seen the poor getting rich and oppress the poor.

[@clivebates4422]

Same thing, they were no longer poor but rich.

[@tutubeas10]

@@clivebates4422 They still were mentally poor, which is the worst kind of poverty. If you didn't know it, my dear.

[@terrymcanalen3031]

Lol, this comment is like having a conversation about Albert Einstein and someone in the group wants to insist on talking about the village idiot who can't even count to eleven because he doesn't have an extra finger.

[@maxdurden7494]

That was truly SPECTACULAR! Thank you! I listened 5 times. I transcribed it. I will relisten and reread many more times. This should be shared to everyone in America.

[@Caprica1977]

"Only the man who does not need it, is fit to inherit wealth."

[@motopolak]

*inherit

[@Caprica1977]

👍@@motopolak

[@nedgivash5986]

If he doesn't need it then he wouldn't value it. And if he doesn't value it then he will squander it.

[@Michael-qy1jz]

We are at the 13 minute mark of this video inHistory

[@lonerider5933]

​@@nedgivash5986Why would you squander something you don't need? It will sit there collecting dust. Only inflation will chip away at its value. As for squandering only those who are addicted to status or keeping with trends will do that

[@OrmondOne]

I read Atlas back in 2020 and couldn’t help but think it was a story being told in the present. Excellent job and thanks.

[@martinrea8548]

I was struck by the prescience of the novel too-the corruption, the looters, etc.

[@GigaTyGuy]

Reading it now and the description of apathy and dwindling competence is uncanny.

[@thethinkingman9338]

That hit me like a freight train! Thank you for sharing, you did an outstanding job of narrating. I will watch this over a and over until my mind has absorbed it fully. Every classroom in the world should show this. “The degree of a man’s productiveness, is the degree of his reward” how spot on is that statement!!

[@7fall]

Thank you for this. Definitely a saved video :) rewatching for sure.

[@LeanDadDevelopment]

Ayn Rand was possibly the most intellectually gifted and wise woman to have ever walked the face of the earth.

[@BroBearWIlson]

Your fascination with Atlas Shrugged had me begging for more. Thank you for sharing this profound passage for us in your own voice. Please more reading content when applicable -the planet needs respect for the power of text. Love and Gratitude, Robert.

[@ryan_alive]

Most underrated thinker of all time.

[@1tonypeters]

Only to the masses BUT not the ELITE. They swear by this book and her. 👍🏽

[@thatguyinelnorte]

@@1tonypetersSay rather "enlightened" than "elite".

[@1tonypeters]

I said ELITE. FYI: I’m an American. @@thatguyinelnorte

[@malex2200]

Sowell is ranked pretty low too.

[@markantrobus8782]

Ayn Rand misunderstood Max Stirner's "Einzige" - Stirner was an individualist mystic in his "The Only One and It's Possessions" who infuriated Karl Marx and the Capitalist establishment.

[@steveknowles9871]

The bible says,it is the “LOVE of money, which is the root of evil “ Not money as an exchange for goods and services, such a wise statement !

[@HoniTheCircleMaker13]

You should absolutely LOVE money. If acquired ethically, it's literally a gift from God. You should nurture it, grow it, and share it. Your love of money is in direct correlation with how much more God trusts you with more money. Jesus is talking about obsession, and selling out for money. Not understanding that verse has kept so many people broke 🤦

[@joshualup9529]

@@HoniTheCircleMaker13this is mentality that allows for preachers to own multiple private jets

[@HoniTheCircleMaker13]

@@joshualup9529 why shouldn't they? Providing they are doing the work of God, or course. All the patriarchs in the Bible were wealthy. Your issue is God and His blessings

[@joshualup9529]

@@HoniTheCircleMaker13 yes the disciples were rich. Jesus was also very rich and grew up in a wealthy family.

[@HoniTheCircleMaker13]

@@joshualup9529 so not sure what the issue is. If you're doing the work of God, who are you to say His blessings shouldn't include a private jet. A lot of people spend too much time worried about other peoples blessings 🤦

[@dianeshort2821]

So glad you have highlighted this most important educational information 👏

[@bcj842]

“Money will not serve the mind that cannot match it” is an interesting sentence….

[@jacquesdutoitpvt]

My favourite book. I still read it every year for the last 15 years. Thanks for doing this @robert

[@carltonmcgee8878]

Thank you for posting this. I was recently speaking with someone about how, growing up with an impoverished mindset, we’re taught that the live of money is the root of all evil. And now, being worth millions, my relationship with money is such that my money goes where it’s tested best. I told him that if I knew then, growing up, that I know now I would’ve been a millionaire a very long time ago. The biggest lesson I’ve learned, about attaining wealth, is if one says that they don’t want money then money will not flow in their direction. Money flows to me everyday because I’m a money magnet. Peace.

[@FoeyJawcett]

Your love of money will end in fire unfortunately

[@carltonmcgee8878]

@@FoeyJawcett that's my journey, not yours so tell your story walking......

[@dylanthompson6720]

Absolutely incredible job with this video. The videos and photos of the past and the music in the background. It set such an absolutely incredible experience and I felt every word spoken 🧡

[@chuckchapdelaine6110]

Why is this not taught in schools instead of how to choose your gender and how to separate people according to skin color?

[@ericchad9422]

Because the nonproductive want to take or enslave from the productive. That’s communism whole ideology and that’s why it will always fail in the end.

[@mitchcornacchia968]

SCHOOLS DONT TEACH THEY DESTROY

[@SlackersIndustry]

Why is it not taught by parents? There will always be excuses, you already know why it's not in schools.

[@ChikaOnyirimba-lj7vo]

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[@isabellesender]

Keep the masses ignorant. They will be easily controlled with fear and lies.

[@dvillalva21]

Amazing brother ! Thank you for the wonderful editing.

[@wachugonadu5557]

I got the chills. This is indeed the best speech on Money I've ever heard

[@stephanvillavicencio5679]

i agree. and i add that this speech is timely!

[@SimplyAwesomeOriginal]

Atlas Shrugged was on my todo list forever... Not any more! Thank you

[@TheMrrbrts]

I read everything by Rand 45 years ago in high school. I became an entrepreneur because of it. It’s been a much more interesting and fruitful road to travel than the alternative.

[@mochiebellina8190]

How fruity?

[@tyronejohnson6482]

My God - The most profound, soul searching and thought provoking words on YT, to date!!

[@evelynoliveira5202]

Great Video ... I am so happy to have found it. Thank you very much. What an amazing speech on money!!!

[@StephenBennettOnGoogle]

Absolute life changing game changer for me that book was. I've read that passage mutlile times along with the "train tunnel" paerts and the "gold is real money" scene in Galts Gaunch when dagny offers paper dollars that they DO NOT accept. PS. Absolutely awsome serious you with Saylor last year.

[@simonpeyton-n3h]

i dont get what is so great about gold,yes its quite rare and you can make things from it and it doesnt erode or spoil over time but if there was some apocalypse or whatever what use is gold,u cant eat or drink it,cant burn it or even make things with it without other things,also when we eventuauly start mining asteriods there is potentially enough gold on one asteriod to render all the gold on earth almost worthless

[@apex-lazer]

Robert. I don't know how you popped up on my feed brother but I loved this. Thank you 👊

[@WholeLottaLoveHandles]

What do you mean by feed brother?

[@MrMandelsohn]

Atlas Shrugged is the greatest novel I ever read

[@heavybiker]

#1 for me also.

[@Moski369]

I love it when youtube listens to my conversations about wanting to read Atlas Shrugged and then BAM the first suggested video is this. Thank you for making this clip, definitely going to read it now after this speech.

[@snowbunny1001]

I am starting to share this with everyone I know. Absolutely brilliant.

[@buffett1000]

Beautiful words, beautifully read to beautiful music. Thank you for making this. 🙏🏻

[@maidirequello]

Incredibly well put. A powerful antidote to socialists' blabbering on the topic. And it has also passion and soul. A great intellectual.

[@AmericaShrugged]

Can you explain that more? I identify as a socialist, and yet have always had a place in my heart for Ms. Rand. I don't see the 2 things as mutually exclusive, but am open to your opinion...

[@juicyaf9298]

Is the money you use the same concept of money being advocated for by the author? Or, is it rather a "counterfeit pile of paper" which the author denounces and identifies as the herald of DOOM?

[@Lucasvoz]

This was very well produced. Whoever are behind this as well as yourself, bravo🙏

[@worldwatcher8247]

And that is why we MUST maintain a moral foundation to society.

[@johnnynick6179]

Based on WHAT morality - specifically?

[@matthewyooha757]

20 or so years ago I remember reading Francisco’s money speech for the first time. In that moment I realized how small my understanding of the world was and how special Rand was. Such a beautiful reading… thank you.

[@gentrysmith5748]

Well done! I read the book 40 years ago and got the audiobook (Ed Begley Jr. Narration) 20 years ago. The music and imagery you selected are wonderful. Whether in context or not, Francisco d’Anconia’s monologue is timeless. Thanks.

[@alejmc]

Is it still relevant today? As in, that monologue was insane good… but as of the rest of the book, do you recommend it?

[@joseornelas1718]

The original audio with Christopher Hurt is incredible.

[@mariakoller7920]

The music is annoying because I can't hear you.

[@KayFabe87]

Ed Begley? Interesting given he is pretty far left. One would think he would have turned down the gig on "principle". I guess he was hurting for cash and needed the payday, or he was hoping that his fellow hollywood leftist cabal wouldn't find out about it. Quite frankly, most of them probably haven't read the book or know anything about it or about Ayn Rand.

[@crashandedy]

THE LOVE of money is the root of all evil. Money in and of itself is just a tool, an extremely powerful tool that can be used for good or bad.

[@avatarion]

It's not a tool. A tool specifically refers to an instrument taken or constructed out of earthly materials which one can point a finger at. Money doesn't exist because it's just an idea. A paper bill is just a flat cellulose strip with ink on it.

[@crashandedy]

@@avatarion paper and ink ultimately come from the earth. It’s a financial tool.

[@avatarion]

@@crashandedy Of course they come from the earth. Financial tool is just a term, not material.

[@drutter]

Exactly that. It's GREED (the love of money) that is evil, written right into 1 Timothy 6:10. Money itself is only a tool with which men can do good or evil things.

[@Shoutinthewind]

This speech hits so much harder 15 years after I first read it.

[@danwilson3607]

Best book I ever read. My grandmother gave it to me when I was 16. I had recently finished The Anthem in school and told my grandmother how much I enjoyed it. She then went to her book shelf and pick up Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead. She handed them to me and said “If you liked that, you’ll really enjoy these”. I didn’t end up reading them until 4 years ago when I was 32. I wish I had read them both a long time ago.

[@HowToSandAFloor]

This is brilliant, thank you!

[@KamicarzCreations]

Well produced Robert......One of the most impactful books i have ever read. Thankyou so much for hat you do!

[@ConorChepenik]

I did not realize it the first time I read Atlas Shrugged but this is the best definition of money ever. Thank you for an incredible narration🤝

[@BradMillsXRP]

It doesn’t say that money is the root of all evil. It says “The Love“ of money is the root of all evil

[@Orson2u]

True. But the Left quotes it as printed, without the word “love” in it.

[@bstewartny]

"For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.". There is a difference between "THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL" and "A ROOT OF ALL KINDS OF EVILS". Think about it.

[@kingston163]

@@Orson2u The 'left' therefore 'LIES'.

[@tuckerdunn1791]

The love of money is the love of that principle which money represents. The love of money, therefore, is the love of the highest principles of liberty and mutual exchange. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the love of money.

[@kingston163]

@@tuckerdunn1791 So money rules your life, it's your god and not GOD?

[@nyquistfreq6875]

Wow. So much depth in this and Really nicely read Robert. This is next on my audible list.

[@McGovernGolf]

Powerful editing along with a powerful speech

[@MultiSmitty11]

This gave me goosebumps… incredibly powerful. I just ordered a hard copy and can’t wait to read this!

[@markdorman52]

I just ordered a used, first addition to read myself!! MD

[@ronatola]

I read it 20 years ago and it has always stayed with me. I am glad to see the book resonating with a new audience, witnessing the fall of money. AR has an amazing grasp of the English language and its idioms ('pinch hitting' used at 9:17) considering it was her 2nd language. It now seems America has altered the phrase 'to make money' and morphed it into 'to print money'. Money (BTC) is the root of all good! I am convinced future history will prove this out. I loved the emphatic book stomp at the end - made me chortle. Like a mike drop. I heard the story Robert told (on another podcast) that when he listened to this passage of the book in an airport, that a man walked in front of him hailing a cab, and the man was wearing a suit with a pattern of DOLLAR SIGNS all over it - perhaps a nod from Ayn in the afterlife?

[@lamarravery4094]

BTC is not an honest way to earn money. It's way overvalued for what it is, I don't think Ayn Rand would approve of that high flying price of Bitcoin or who uses it, criminals and the new lazy generations who've never worked.

[@wetheloving]

Breedlove, this is absolutely awesome! Atlas Shrugged is my favorite novel of all time and this is the very best video of this most profound speech I've seen so far. MUCH RESPECT; Hope we get to collaborate one day.

[@steveworth5757]

Great narration and use of clips. Thanks for posting.

[@buckmancj]

The LOVE of money is the root of all evil. Very big difference.

[@JonLundgren]

Huge.

[@bcj842]

The passage in the Bible reads: “For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.” The error is to covet after monies and make an idol of it. An obsession with amassing money unto yourself by all means. This is applicable to the non-Christian also.

[@richardbeaumont7960]

If you listen to the passage, Ayn Rand clearly disagrees with you (and the Bible passage)

[@LRibeiro97]

@@richardbeaumont7960 Not really. The way she defines "loving money" in the speech is not what the Bible condemns. There is no major incompatibility with her definition and view and what the Bible presents.

[@richardbeaumont7960]

@@LRibeiro97 you do realize that Rand was an outspoken militant atheist right? She despised Christianity.

[@Ripley-wp7he]

She wrote it all. Excellent read. Thank you Rob for sharing.

[@bitcoininaminute5008]

"Then the race goes: not to the ablest in production, but to those most ruthless at brutality". My favourite quote in all of this!

[@mdellertson]

I read Atlas Shrugged 12 years ago. It was as brilliantly true then as it is now. And her words articulate my company’s reason for existence. I’m truly inspired when I come across across strong men such as yourself who speak truth. And I appreciate your effort in sharing this again here.

[@johnnynick6179]

What company? I'd like to be a customer.

[@Eden639]

I’m speechless, what a wise woman. Great job narrating the chapter. Most people need to see this to open their eyes.

[@runestgard5952]

Life changing book for me, and so was her The Fountainhead

[@ronatola]

I was searching for The Fountainhead online in Canada. Quite difficult to find. I also loved Atlas, and thought to give it a read. I might have to go to my Library to get it.

[@johntate131]

Awesome video man! Shit gave me chills and a lot to think about. I love learning about the history of money and our monetary system. I really liked the examples you gave when reading. You went through all years of history. From Egypt to today. They have been playing us for thousands of years. Using us as slaves or indoctrinating us on what REAL money is.

[@thedynamicsolo4232]

Now read " secrets of the federal reserve " by Eustace Mullins. "I once was blind, buy now I see"

[@iamcomcy]

There are few books that I read twice. It's time I read that book for a third time!

[@PauloNideck]

This is truly remarkable.

[@keithshowell6688]

Thanks, Robert, for an excellent read of Rand and visual masterpiece! "Paper is a mortgage on wealth that does not exist...Paper is a check drawn on an account by legal looters, upon an account which is not theirs, upon the virtue of the victims...Watch for the day when it bounces, marked, "account overdrawn.'""

[@904PinballZine]

Currency is a means of exchange, Money is a storage of wealth...

[@wendymarciano891]

This needs to be taught throughout schools

[@JonLundgren]

You think they are there to educate or just mass produce dumbed-down employees?

[@thatguyinelnorte]

Too many moochers and looters in the way...

[@hardcoredoom5892]

No child can understand this until they’ve been through the school system and had to earn their own money. These words would sound like garbled nonsense to anyone who’s never been asked to pay their own way.

[@Bitcoin-People]

You know you brought this speech up when I interviewed you (as an example of serendipity - because as you listened to it a guy in a full dollar sign suit showed up in front of you) and you mentioned you were going to record it. What's funny is that because you brought it up, I bought the book....and read this speech THE NIGHT before you published this. Serendipity ❤ Amazing. Thank you.

[@exnihilonihilfit6316]

But did you read the book?

[@Bitcoin-People]

@@exnihilonihilfit6316 - i'm about 3/4 of the way through now :)

[@lamarravery4094]

Ayn Rand wouldn't approve of your previous substitute money, Bitcoin. Don't kid yourself. It isn't real money.

[@Bitcoin-People]

@@lamarravery4094 - if you don't think bitcoin is real money, you don't understand what money is

[@molgallery]

Such a truth. Was listening with tears in my eyes … Thank you .

[@jameswtroy8370]

Thank you for producing this video, Robert !

[@AllNighterHeider]

In the spirit of accuracy ill type that biblically, its the "love" of money is the root of all evil, 1 Timothy 6:10 Money itself is just a tool. This was a great one Robert. I have yet to read Atlas Shrugged, its close on the list. Thanks Robert

[@sneaky_tiki]

As one of the people who pointed this out, I'd be curious to hear your opinion on some musings. At 10:00 it seems to me that Rand tackles this. I interpret this in a few ways. First, it appears as a clear indication that she is perfectly aware of 'the full quote'. Which leads to the second thought that she starts with the colloquially truncated version deliberately. Call it 'reading the room' in formulating her argument, engaging the widest audience upfront before engaging with, let's say, the tougher crowd. And that tougher crowd is the third thought. It seems to me that she's essentially criticizing and addressing directly precisely that group. She seems to plant her flag unambiguously on the side of 'you're wrong'. I can't say I've thought it through enough to firmly say 'I agree', but I'd certainly say she makes a compelling case. Thoughts?

[@AllNighterHeider]

@@sneaky_tiki I think you wrote an incredible and accurate analysis for a YT comment. Thanks for sharing you perspective

[@sneaky_tiki]

@@AllNighterHeider Well thank you, appreciate it

[@quadrasaurus-rex8809]

You are correct, in context that verse is speaking to materialism whereas believers are to be spiritual. Those that seek to increase carnal riches will inevitably increase their carnality to their own destruction. The possession of money is not a problem (see Lydia) but the desire to be wealthy and also the preference for the wealthy is spoken against at length throughout both the gospels and epistles. A man cannot serve God and Mammon, materialism is idolatry.

[@benbusinovski2937]

And when the value of effort and ingenuity is diluted by money printing, the productive class can't afford houses.

[@Otis-Tank]

My comment is to applaud the narrator on his reading, his pace and tone; well done. Easy listening.

[@wv8268]

Robert! I respect you for recognizing the power of Ayn Rand’s writing. I am speechless for your ability and understanding to create and pull together the images presented as you read the text. Robert “to much is given much is expected” keep up the good work. “For lack of knowledge my people will parish” This has been a very profound moment for me as a “student of life” “The teacher appears when the student is ready” Respectfully, Walter

[@gdnasp6359]

Unreal. I never saw money this way, because I have never thought about money so deeply or literally before. You have changed me... for the better. Thank you.

[@Bitcoin_Shango]

“It’s a FICTION novel…” he says 😂😂😂 At the very least the money speech, is quite realistic 👍🏾 Great show, great read & have a great day, everyone 🙏🏾

[@debracisneroshhp2827]

"Fictional novel" sounds like an oxymoron to me__isn't a novel, for the most part, 'fiction' in the first place(?). 😛

[@patrioticgrind]

In the context of Rand's philosophy, money is supposed to represent a fair and voluntary exchange of value. Unfortunately, money loses its reliability and stability when the government influences it through artificial inflation, welfare states, wealth distribution, crony capitalism, subsidies, socialism, communism, progressive taxation, and so much more. Human nature isn't perfect. Some will compromise moral values to have a piece of greed. Thus, makes its way through our leaders. In Rand's ideal economic society, it will be fair. But life isn't ideal, and we must play the game of money the best we can.

[@moilanea]

I happened to read this for the first time not a week ago. It hit me like a hammer. It rings so very true. The book is exceptionally powerful. Best 3$ I've ever spent on kindle - it came together with The Fountainhead

[@brianmaingi4163]

Sir what is the name of the book?

[@deusvult1268]

​@@brianmaingi4163 Atlas shrugged

[@pathologicalphilosophy1959]

I really appreciated this. I will return the favour with this… Money is dopamine to the social body. It’s the reward system for moving towards a goal that is in rhythm with its society. It’s why wealthy criminals cannot see their guilt and why wealthy honesty is always at horns with corruption.

[@TheLastBabyBoomer]

Love it. I just ordered a copy for my 14 year old son. Thanks for the this.

[@VanillaGorillaUncaged]

The loud background music totally ruined it brother

[@georgelevison3722]

Beautifully read / presented / edited. Very moving. Well done