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Society has to be structured such that there are checks and balances, so that it can't be manipulated, for instance, for the profit of just some multinational company who's going to get rich on trying to legislate the environment.
Greg Graffin
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Greg Graffin
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: November 6
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Gregory Walter Graffin
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