I Love Atlas Shrugged and You Should Too

Ayn Rand a Prophet? Atlas Shrugged a Prophecy?

By: Peter Egan Jr.

God has a sense of humor, choosing a Jewish atheist woman to serve as one of the 20th century's premiere prophets

This blog will be short and sweet because if you've already read Atlas Shrugged, then you know exactly what I'm talking about. If you have not, all I can say is I wouldn't consider my life to have been lived to the fullest had I not stumbled across what once upon a time was the second-best selling book in the English-speaking world to only the Bible.

As the late Sen. Joseph McCarthy and KGB defector Yuri Bezmenov tried to warn us, perhaps not so coincidentally in 1984 for the latter, American society was being infiltrated at all levels: the government, the media and the education system. This was dismissed as conspiracy theory. Well, that turned out to only be half-true. The half-false part is that it's no theory.

Here is the full-length interview with Bezmenov from 1984:

Besides the obvious in George Orwell whose works needn't be mentioned in this post because they're so self-explanatory that virtually anyone who has made it this far knows that Orwell was a prophet.

It's another 20th century prophet that I'd like to discuss for a moment. I'm sure some orthodox religious believers would call it utter blasphemy to suggest that God would make into a great prophet, a woman Jew who was Jewish in blood only as she is widely reported to have been an atheist (although this contention has been challenged, I am not interested in discussing that).

Atlas Shrugged was the most influential book I've ever read aside from the Bible, and I suggest anyone and everyone who hasn't read it yet do so and do so with an open mind. Think critically, and don't allow opinions other people manipulated you into thinking were your own fool you any longer. Start from scratch and see where you wind up. I'm betting it'll be somewhere near where most everyone else who has studied Rand has with respect to her work (agreement to one degree or another).

There are some affiliate links in this post to some of Rand's works for anyone new to her or anyone who is familiar but just hasn't developed the muster to tackle a book that long in either Atlas Shrugged or The Fountainhead. I recommend readers new to Rand start with Anthem. It's short, sweet, can be read in its entirety in just a couple of hours, and provides a simplified but nonetheless profound glimpse into Rand's philosophy, expounded upon in her later works.

If you're new to Rand, perhaps view check out the above links in this post and introduce yourself. Your mind will thank you later.

For a little sampling of what you can expect from Atlas Shrugged, here's an excerpt from Francisco's Money Speech, which to me ranks among the most profound, thought provoking soliloquies ever written, a mic drop moment hidden within one of the most profound works of philosophical literature ever written.

The following excerpt from Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged" is borrowed from Capitalism Magazine. The full speech can be seen here: Francisco's Money Speech.

“Whenever destroyers appear among men, they start by destroying money, for money is men’s protection and the base of a moral existence. Destroyers seize gold and leave to its owners a counterfeit pile of paper. This kills all objective standards and delivers men into the arbitrary power of an arbitrary setter of values. Gold was an objective value, an equivalent of wealth produced. Paper is a mortgage on wealth that does not exist, backed by a gun aimed at those who are expected to produce it. Paper is a check drawn 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.’

“When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, ‘Who is destroying the world? You are."

For anyone who hasn't yet introduced themselves to this work of art by Rand, consider this your formal introduction and please waste no time in becoming more acquainted.

Peter Egan Jr. is the founder and proprietor of Egan Store, a US-based purveyor of fine and exotic numismatic collectibles.

World Currency and Coin: Ebay's Officially Endorsed Scammer & Fraudster of Choice

I'm a primarily a buyer on eBay. I'm not a high-volume seller. A high-volume seller - and the only reason I'm naming them is that there are two Singapore-based sellers of banknotes with similar names and I don't want the other one to be mistaken for the one I suspect is causing these problems - but a high-volume seller with 30,000+ feedback and 60+ negative feedback whitewashed from their profile each month such that no matter how many they receive, their feedback profile never shows more than one or two, defrauded me out of $160, and eBay has bent over backward to harass and punish me for having the audacity to expect fair and equitable treatment as outlined by eBay rules and policies. 

Singapore-based seller "WorldCurrencyandCoin" sent me an empty envelope with a tracking number for $160. Ebay's money-back guarantee is a farce, they removed my feedback after I inquired about the whereabouts of the shipment, he said he would really send it this time, then sent me an empty envelope with a tracking number. And eBay not only looked the other way, they actively encourage that kind of fraudulent, criminal behavior.

If you're on eBay buying currency or coins and the seller is in Singapore, buy from the other major seller. If you buy from Singapore-based eBay seller WorldCurrencyandCoin he will steal your money.

I've dealt with WorldCurrencyandCoin on three occasions. Being in Singapore amid the scamdemic, I was extremely patient as I awaited my 2,000,000 VND (4 x 500,000) Vietnamese Dong polymer banknotes.

While I don't sell a ton of different banknotes, if you need to buy Iraqi Dinar or a 2008 Zimbabwe 100 Trillion dollar bill please come and stop by my store instead. If you can't find what you're looking for there, you'd be better off going with literally any other eBay seller offering the products you're looking for than dealing with that thief. He averages 60+ negative feedback each and every month, and eBay takes great care to delete them all so it appears as though he's running a clean operation to anyone whom he and eBay haven't victimized already.

There was a separate occasion while I was patiently awaiting the arrival of my VND when I purchased a listing he had stated was for 20 million VND in the title, however the fine print contradicted that and stated that it was only ten million. I assumed it was an innocent mistake until I noticed he refused to edit the listing so that prospective buyers wouldn't be duped into paying for twice what they'd be receiving when I saw the same listing worded in identical fashion to the order I refused to pay for because of World Currency and Coin's duplicitous and misleading sales tactics.

This is a person with no ethics or morals who would pickpocket a starving cancer patient if he thought he could get away with it. Arguably the worst part of this entire story is that eBay fully endorses and condones this criminal behavior, which for the purchase I made on June 25 has risen to the level of fraud.

Buy Iraqi Dinar, Vietnamese Dong and Zimbabwe Dollars

My store for anyone wondering is entitled, "Buy Iraqi Dinar, Vietnam Dong & Zim Bonds."

Why is eBay Helping Scam Artist WorldCurrencyandCoin Commit Wire Fraud?

Why is eBay protecting scam artist WorldCurrencyandCoin?

He didn't ship the first time. I have a screenshot proving it. He asked buyers to wait 90 days because of covid and he's in Singapore.

When in late September I finally asked him to review tracking from his account with Singapore Post, he went on an abusive and incoherent tirade and even referenced another incident in which I had to cancel an order because his deceptively written title misled buyers into believing the listing was for twice the quantity that he actually intended to ship.

 

As an experienced eBay seller, he knew about the insanely stupid 21 day policy so he posted a tracking number and claimed to have actually shipped the order this time. It naturally took more than 21 days to arrive. When it arrived, I opened it to find nothing but half of a page torn from a magazine advertising women's underwear. That's not what I paid $160 for. I paid $160 for $2,000,000 Vietnamese Dong for sale, Vietnam's currency (money).

 

 

I never received anything, eBay has bent over backwards to protect him and I'd like to know why. What dirt does he have on eBay as an organization or on individual employees? Is he bribing employees? There has to be some criminal activity of some form or fashion for eBay to lie and make an exception to their money back guarantee (which isn't real for anyone reading this), but were willing to collude with a criminal in committing fraud by way of lying and buying time using proximity to his advantage to get the resolution center case closed.

 
Since then, eBay has made excuse after excuse for him. "We can't." That's F^ck|ng b%llsh|t.

Why does eBay remove on average 60 negative feedback per month from his profile including mine? Why was mine removed? Nothing I said was inaccurate or in any way inappropriate.

I have screenshots of everything and friends in high places. You're picking a fight with the wrong guy. All I want is fair treatment. I was scammed by an eBay seller. Ebay has deflected and defended him in ways that will not look good when forced to defend these criminal acts under oath.

This is not civil suit material. An actual crime was committed here. Several actually. At best, eBay is an enabler, but eBay has had ample opportunity to correct its mistakes and redeem itself, but instead has chosen to double down on crime and wire fraud, not to mention false advertising.

I have proof of everything I've stated here including the entire resolution center conversation. I've tried going about this in a professional manner and eBay is adamant about defending a known criminal who evidently has committed scores of crimes against hundreds if not thousands of people per year based on how many negative feedback eBay whitewashes every month.

I want my $160 back. It's about the principle much more than the money. Did he split the $160 with the eBay employee overseeing the case so that eBay would make it go away? if not, prove it and prove that eBay is no actively colluding with him. Because by the amount of bad feedback removed from his profile every day it certainly appears as though eBay's role is more of a co-conspirator rather than an organization run by incompetent buffoons who are just too stupid to know any better.

You've got until the end of the month. Then I start to fight back.

I've waited long enough for eBay to do the right thing and eBay has demonstrated that it will not honor its money back guarantee nor enforce rules such as sellers being required to actually ship the items they list when those items are purchased. Or how about not write deliberately misleading titles to entice buyers into paying before reading the fine print and discovering that the title is simply a lie.

 

How dare you people place a hold on $1,000 of MY MONEY at any given time because I bring my own customers here to make purchases for the sake of convenience and most of them are in Canada?!? I've never received one complaint or negative feedback as a buyer or seller. WorldCurrencyandCoin receives 60+ every month that eBay makes disappear. Why does eBay hide the truthful buyer horror stories for this horrible seller? Yet you collect interest on my money while helping him steal it, with absolutely no repercussions for his crimes, including but in no way limited to either forcing him to ship the actual item purchased or taking my money back from him and returning it to its rightful owner.

 

 
It was 62 the last time I looked at it, mine was removed without explanation. How many other negative feedback is eBay covering up for this seller?

I'm willing to spend as much as I have to in order to win this fight. I will spend $100,000 if I have to. This won't end until I win. Ebay choosing to continue siding with the criminal instead of with the model buyer and seller would be an extremely bad decision, which is what I expect because that's all I've seen from eBay when it comes to enforcing policies as a buyer or seller.

On the one hand, you've got a seller about whom customers all write customized feedback and talk about the kind of person I am, and how they appreciate me for so much more than just the products I sell. Most of them are MY CUSTOMERS who only created an account because I wanted to expand my selling methods and am temporarily short on time. I'm bringing in new accounts every day. WorldCurrencyandCoin defrauds people every day.

You have no idea how tenacious I am when you pick a fight with me, but I an give a list of companies who made the mistake as references. Unfortunately, most are bankrupt and no longer in business. Not small companies either. At one point Volusion was among the world's leading e-commerce software platforms. I ended them over a very similar situation. You're playing with fire in a paper castle with cans of gasoline piled floor-to-ceiling by picking a fight with me.

 

 

I'd much rather this be resolved peacefully (figuratively speaking, I'm not threatening physical harm). I'd rather eBay do what's right. I don't like conflict, but when someone chooses to become my adversary and forces me to retaliate for crimes committed against me I won't stop until I utterly destroy them. At this point, if I'm not refunded by November 01, eBay will have stated in writing for all I'm concerned that it enjoys stealing my money and will be every bit as guilty as the crooked seller.

This was an item purchased June 25 **bleep**! Quit being criminals and do the right thing. It's either that or pay the price. Every executive within the organization and every employee who colluded with that criminal to defraud me will be looking for new jobs if eBay refuses to do what is right and just.

I have proof of it all. Every single detail. I even still have the empty envelop and underwear ads. And I have screenshots of everything else. Let me be perfectly clear, this is eBay's final chance to make this right before I retaliate. The fact that eBay has stolen almost $1,000 of my money to collect interest on for months before releasing it doesn't help. It's a very, very bad look. I'll engage in an unprecedented campaign to bring you down and will succeed. You'd be wise to stop stealing from me. I won't steal because I'm an honest and decent person, but I am willing to cost your company untold millions of dollars in other ways.

Choose wisely.

For anyone reading this who is actively looking to purchase exotic foreign currencies such as the Vietnamese Dong (VND), Iraqi Dinar (IQD), Nigerian Naira (NGN) or Zimbabwe Dollars ("Zim Bonds"), whatever you do avoid buying from World Currency and Coin. They are corrupt thieves who are either bribing or blackmailing eBay employees in turn for eBay enabling them to prey upon buyers who don't know eBay is removing over 60 customer complaints every month. Instad, buy from a trusted seller. Please visit my own eBay store: Buy Iraqi Dinar, Vietnam Dong & Zim. Or, alternatively you can buy Iraqi Dinar at Iraq-Dinar.com.

Looking to Buy Iraqi Dinar & Vietnamese Dong? Market Prices Continue to Skyrocket as Demand Dwarfs Supply

Market rates continue to grow farther apart from exchange rates for IQD & VND (Iraqi Dinar & Vietnamese Dong currencies)

By: Peter Egan

The prices for people in the United States and across the globe seeking to purchase Iraqi Dinar and Vietnamese Dong continue to soar as we enter the fifth month since the entire marketplace of money services businesses (like currency exchanges), banks and other financial institutions have all stopped selling IQD (Iraqi Dinar), with most either discontinuing to offer VND (Vietnamese Dong) altogether or essentially engaging in arbitrage using private sellers on third-party marketplaces as the gauge for their price points, and potentially even for their supply.

The few still offering VND have prices set to 400%-500% above the exchange rate, consistent with the mid-tier pricing of sellers on third-party marketplaces like eBay and Bonanza. In other words, even if you buy through an exchange you won't be saving any money over just buying it on eBay or elsewhere.

As someone who has been captivated by the movement of the marketplace with regard to these two currencies since it began in late April or early May, I've observed as the exchanges first began raising prices, then stopped selling altogether. Yet one detail sticks out as peculiar: NOT ONE of these entities has stopped buying either of the two currencies. In fact, one such business (Safe Dinar) has been advertising on eBay and Google - not that they're selling Dinar & Dong, but to announce that they're buying at a higher rate than that which they were selling for just a few short months ago.

Having bought in just before the prices began to surge, I've amassed a fair amount of both for someone very new to the two currencies on which I've been and am still extremely bullish.

As such, I've decided to make available some of my holdings for prices that are fair and reasonable, but only to new buyers who either do not hold any of either currency or own very little.

Below you'll find my sales offerings as of this time:

50,000 Iraqi Dinar Banknote - $215.00

Buy 50,000 Iraq Dinar Now

Denominations:

50,000 (x 1 Note) $215.00 USD 25,000 (x 2 Notes) $105.00 USD 10,000 (x 5 Notes) $110.00 USD 5,000 (x 10 Notes) $115.00 USD 1,000 (x 50 Notes) $350.00 USD

Quantity:

1 2 3 4 5

Shipping Information

USPS Priority Mail (insured) - $4.95*

*Shipping to US only.

Anonymous’ Mission is Misinformation Designed to Hurt President Trump

Anonymous: Known Facts Mixed With Anti-Trump Misinformation

Anonymous YouTube channel is a misinformation factory designed to mislead people as to the direction of the country and the performance of President Donald J. Trump.

I don’t want to link their channel or videos because I don’t want to see anyone else fooled by them. They are anti-Trump, anti-Q and anti-American sovereignty.

I made the comment below into a misinformation video and sleight-of-hand trick to stop people from learning about NESARA and trick people that the investment that may very well depreciate the most of any currency is the one people should be buying.

NESARA is the end of money “as we know it,” not Bitcoin.

Bitcoin seems to have all the characteristics for the mark of the beast. One world currency. You cannot trade without it. 🤔 

I don’t know how comfortable I’d be dependent on a digital-only system that one can’t buy, sell nor trade without.

This is all misinformation anyway. NESARA will be announced in a few weeks and the US will return to a gold-backed currency. Anonymous is not the Anonymous of a decade ago. The new Anonymous releases nonstop videos with 3/4 truth, and 1/4 big lies that are very convincing.

If you haven’t heard of NESARA, I’d suggest reading up on it from a right-leaning source. Trump is going through with it and the world is following suit. Go see if you can find Iraqi Dinar for sale anywhere. Ebay and Amazon are the only places left that you can get it. The prices are 5 times the exchange rate. Same with Vietnamese Dong. Now ask yourself why.

Iraqi Dinar Exchanges Scamming Customers & Hoarding Dinar Reserves

XChange of America

SafeDinar.com

Treasury Vault

NESARA: National Economic Securities & Reformation Act

Trump and America are leading a global revolution over the banking canal, bankrupting the central & global banks,  returning to gold & silver backed currencies and allocating the wealth seized from the cabal, human traffickers, child molesters & the Satanic cult that the Bushes, Clintons and Obamas all belong to with many, many others to all countries willing to invest properly so that every child born has enough to eat, clothes to wear, an opportunity to receive an education while their parents can find gainful employment. Iraq & Vietnam are expected to see the biggest fried in value, and right now, there’s not an exchange or dealer in the world that is fulfilling orders. They say they’re out of stock, but the truth is they know what’s about to happen and that the foreign currencies will soon see an unprecedented appreciation leading to 1000-to-1 ROI (or above).

Don’t take my word. Try going to a business — any business — that exists primarily to sell Iraqi Dinar, and trying to buy Dinar. You won’t be able.

Anonymous is a misinformation agent, probably from the central agency. Their videos all start out educational and factual, but the endings and the point of Anonymous’ videos is to try to damage President Trump’s reelection chances. Disregard the main points. The facts in the beginning are okay, but Anonymous is neither credible nor trustworthy.