Not at all. These people are pretentious and self-important. Their opinions do not matter at all. My advice to them is: Pick up your award, thank your mom and dad, then shut up and go back to your seat.
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“When you realize that to produce, you must obtain the permission from those who do not produce anything; When it is proven that the money flows to those who trade not with goods, but with favors; When you realize that many get rich by bribery and influence rather than by work. When you realize that corruption is rewarded and honesty becomes self-sacrifice; Then you can say, without fear of making mistakes, your society is doomed.”
Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged,1957.
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